SLP, Mexico.- In a context in which the crimes have increased and, consequently, also citizen insecurity, CubaNet was able to learn that in just one day at the police station located on Zapata and C, in the Plaza de la Revolución municipality, in Havana, at least 12 thefts of electric motorcycles were reported.
The facts They were confirmed by journalist Camila Acosta, who reported that early this Thursday an individual forced the entrance door of her building and stole a neighbor’s motorcycle.
The crime occurred at 2:00 am, according to what they could notice in the security cameras. The property, located in the vicinity of Lugareño and Pozos Dulces, is about three blocks from the Plaza de la Revolución, near the MINFAR and the MININT.
The criminal forced the gate, entered and took an electric motorcycle, “bicycle type,” after trying to get hold of others that were in the same place with padlock.
According to Acosta, it is the second heist in the area in less than a month. The victim, when he went to file a report with the police, took a while to receive assistance because, according to what an agent told him, about 12 robberies had been reported at that station in 24 hours.
Furthermore, this Thursday morning, when the experts showed up at the building to investigate the incident, one of the investigators commented that at 5:00 am. They murdered a young woman in Dolores and Porvenir to rob her.
In the Facebook profile “La Tijera”, and based on information received by the Internet user from Havana, it also emerged that on Wednesday night they tried to rob the house where the presenter Carlos Otero lived before leaving. Cuba.
“From Havana they sent me this information with images and a video from the security camera where, according to the source, it corresponds to the attempted robbery in the House where the Cuban presenter Carlos Otero supposedly lived before leaving the island, in front of the Agro Mercado de 36”.
According to the source, this Thursday morning the police arrested another thief near that house, when he was leaving to rob another home.
Despite the fact that the regime tries to convey an image of security on the Island, and although the Cuban Minister Manuel Marrero stated that “the decrease in crimes and illegalities” was “appreciated,” a report published by the Cuban Observatory of Citizen Audit (OCAC) shows that in the first six months of 2024, Cuba experienced an “alarming” increase in crime rates.
The detailed analysis of the public insecurity situation on the Island highlights that 432 crimes were recorded throughout the country during this period, which represents an average of 2.37 crimes per day and 33.56% more than in the same period. from the previous year.
Between January and June 2024, crimes increased in almost all categories. 91 murders, 260 robberies, 39 assaults and 29 assaults were reported. These numbers represent a 111% increase in murders, 290% in assaults and 208% in robberies compared to the first half of 2023.
