SANTIAGO DE CUBA. – This Thursday, CubaNet confirmed with family sources the feminicide of María Cristina Rodríguez Rodríguez, a 43-year-old woman residing in the El Manguito neighborhood of the Songo La Maya municipality of Santiago whose body was found on June 2.
Days before finding her body, relatives of the woman reported her disappearance to the National Revolutionary Police (PNR).
“She did not appear and was found dead, killed by a criminal madman. The murderer is already in jail, ”she told CubaNet Adrián León, a neighbor of Songo La Maya close to Rodríguez Rodríguez.
A cousin of the victim consulted by this means, Yamila Silega Garbey, also confirmed the facts.
After almost 72 hours missing, the body of Rodríguez Rodríguez was found in a river near where he lived, with visible signs of rape, later corroborated by the expert examination, according to the sources. Songo La Maya Funeral Home confirmed to CubaNet that the victim had died of “mechanical asphyxiation.”
With the femicide of María Cristina Rodríguez Rodríguez, the number of murders of women ―for gender reasons― confirmed on the Island by platforms and independent media so far this year rises to 36. In less than six months, the number of fatal crimes against women has equaled the total number of femicides reported throughout 2022.
this week too transcended the murder of Dianelis Carbonell Mayet, 41, known by the nickname of Mamuta and originally from Songo La Maya, although she lived in the rural town of Las Nuevas, in La Sierpe, province of Sancti Spíritus.
Various independent platforms, such as I do believe you in Cuba and the Gender Observatory of the feminist magazine taut wings (OGAT), as well as independent press media, confirmed this Wednesday the femicide of Dianelis Carbonell Mayet, but identified her as Nayibis, aka Mamutis.
“She was no longer with that man [su asesino] Well, it was violent, but he kept bothering her, until he ended up killing her. Her youngest son was the one who found her and called the family, around 8:30 p.m. [del 29 de mayo]”, said to CubaNeton condition of anonymity, a relative of the victim.
Carbonell Mayet had two children and worked as a primary teacher. She had come to Sancti Spíritus several years before in search of job improvements. Her corpse was transferred to the town known as El Mijial, in Songo La Maya, where the burial took place.
So far this year, at least one femicide has been reported in each of the Cuban provinces. Most of the murdered women lost their lives at the hands of men they knew and who were, in many cases, their partner or ex-partner.
The statistics on gender violence on the Island barely constitute an underreporting: it is not possible to know how many women have died from gender-related issues. The Government does not make the figures transparent or tell the stories of the victims.
