Two new macho murders They were reported Monday by independent feminist platforms I believe you and Tense wings, that raise the figure to 33 so far from 2025.
One of the victims is Yamila Zayas Toledo, 35, who on September 26 was killed by her ex -partner in the Jagüey Grande municipality, in the Matanzas province.
The activists stressed that Zayas had filed a formal complaint before the murder before the town police, but “his aggressor was not duly content.”
🖤Mament 2️⃣ new femicides in Cuba ..
We verify the death of Yamila Zayas Toledo, 35, at home, happened on September 26 at the hands of her ex -partner in Torriente, Jagüey Grande, Matanzas. We denounced the Local Police because Yamila on September 25 presented … pic.twitter.com/mgyizlql6x– tense wings (@Alaslas) SEPTEMBER 29, 2025
In addition, the aforementioned platforms verified the femicide of Dayli Acosta Oceguera, 24, disappeared from September 22 to 26, when his body was found in Lenin Park in Havana.
The organizations added that they currently investigate three cases that need access to police inquiry in the Santiago de Cuba, Villa Clara (1) and Camagüey provinces (1).
Tense wings and I do believe you in Cuba They recently pointed out “the tendency to greater violence against women’s bodies, which is demonstrated with aggravating in a growing number of cases.” Both platforms, which carry a verified femicides record and have contributed to focus on these facts, reported 54 cases of this type last year.
For their part, the Cuban authorities confirmed that the courts identified a total of 76 women killed by their partners, ex -partners or other people in judgments made last year. In 2023 judgments, 110 victims were registered.
In the Cuban Criminal Code, feminicide is not typified as a specific crime and the use of the terms “feminicide” or “macho crime” in state media is not usual, although they have recently used the term “femicide.”
Recently, the Cuban Prosecutor’s Office, the Ministry of Interior, the Supreme Court and other institutions of the island announced the joint elaboration of a computerized administrative registry, but not public, to collect data on macho murders in the country.
