The display of pain was indescribable. An entire community turned to the El Ingenio cemetery, in the Santiago Oeste municipal district.
It was about the child’s farewell Donaly Martinez, 11 years old, died on Sunday in a confusing incident, after being shot by a police officer in a confusing incident, during the celebration of Carnival in this city.
Today, the crowd braved the radiant sun. Tears flowed from each of those present who placed themselves in the shoes of those who today suffer the loss of a loved one.
The burial congested traffic on Circunvalación Avenue, in the vicinity of the cemetery. People took to the streets as few times in similar circumstances.
«My son, I love you and I will always love you», his father Anthony Martínez said over and over again, choked by the pain caused by the tragedy. While for the mother of the minor, Maridalia Tejada, the impact has been so forceful that she cried inconsolably when she saw her offspring in the coffin.
The demonstration of impotence and the repudiation of the National Police marked the entire route of the hearse from the residence where Donaly Martínez lived, on 9th Street, in the Cienfuegos sector.
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Thirst for justice, a collective cry
The family, union and community leaders, including Juan Marte, president of the National Confederation of Transport Workers (CNTT) and Osvaldo Brito, spokesman for the Broad Front of Popular Struggle (Falpo), They condemned the fact and only ask that it not go unpunished.
A relative of the deceased minor who was not identified when speaking before the coffin called for justice and called for the prudence of the police and citizens. He said that mutual respect must be maintained so that cases like this do not continue to occur in the country.
“My son has never carried a firearm, don’t come to tell me that’s why they killed my grandson”, said the grandmother of the deceased minor, Isaura Martínez, ruefully. She maintained that they want to see the agent who killed her grandson face to face. They don’t want him to be hidden or transferred, they want him to pay in court. An aunt of the young man, Vanessa Martínez, also trusts that justice will be done for the death of her nephew.
Donaly Martinez was a meritorious student. He was bilingual and dreamed of being an engineer. At just 11 years old, he already thought big. The recklessness of a police officer broke her dreams of him.
“We are here standing up for Santiago. We really regret this fact, joining the pain that overwhelms the family, but also condemning a bad police performance, “said the director general of the National Police, Major General Eduardo Alberto Then, during his visit to Santiago yesterday to lead the investigation.
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Said the Public Ministry will take charge of the investigation together with him at the head to arrive at the real circumstances that caused the death of the child Donaly Martínez. The officer visited the family of the ill-fated minor to express his condolences and tell him that the act will not go unpunished, he also met with the chief prosecutor of Santiago Osvaldo Bonilla.
While the Public ministry He reported that will request a year of preventive detention against the corporal of the National Police Alejandro Castro Cruzaccused of causing the death of the 11-year-old boy, during the celebration of the carnival here.
Castro Cruz, 30, was arrested for his connection to the case and will be presented in the next few hours before the Judicial Office of Permanent Attention Services of this province to learn about the measure of coercion, indicated the chief prosecutor of Santiago, Osvaldo Bonilla.
Protests continue and carnival is suspended
To the rhythm of the slogan «National Police, murderer and criminal«, the protests continue in this city for the death of the minor Donaly Martínez. On Monday night, a large number of people marched along Las Carreras avenue until they reached the monumental area, with lighted candles.
While the Santiago Carnival Organizing Committee reported the suspension of the celebration of this party next Sunday, in solidarity with the family of the child Donaly Martínez.
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