Roldy Polo Pérez, a musician living in Baracoa, died of gunshot wounds to the abdomen this Tuesday in Vega Larga, a town in that municipality in the province of Guantánamo.
As explained by his acquaintances through social networks, the person responsible was a police officer who allegedly argued with the 45-year-old artist in the middle of his own birthday party and shot him in the abdomen. The name and photo of the alleged murderer are circulating on social networks among the singer’s acquaintances.
The official press, after publishing the information in independent media, confirmed the newspublishing a statement from the Ministry of the Interior that points out that the aggressor was “a member of the PNR who was not on duty” and that he caused the death of Polo Pérez “with his service weapon”, after holding “a heated discussion due to problems personal and under the influence of the ingestion of alcoholic beverages”.
According to this note, the accused is detained. The friends and relatives of the victim had claimed on the networks, precisely, that the murder did not go unpunished due to the fact that a member of the Cuban Police was involved.
“It is absurd to manipulate and invent versions that have nothing to do with reality, to try to affect the image of the PNR and opportunistically attack the Revolution through enemy subversive means on social networks,” the statement concludes.
The middle DNA He had access to a video in which the brother of the deceased insisted on holding the official responsible: “They have already killed another by shooting him in the back.” A companion who appears in the images also maintains that when they called the hospital to notify them, no one attended them and, when they finally did, the center told them that the ambulance was broken.
Roldy Polo worked at the Cecilio Gómez Lambert Municipal House of Culture as a promoter, from where they have spoken through another of their workers
Roldy Polo worked at the Cecilio Gómez Lambert Municipal House of Culture as a promoter, from where they have spoken through another of their workers, Liditania Gómez.
“What sad news our condolences reach your family and friends on behalf of the Board of Directors of the House of Culture,” he said.
Yunieski Urgellés Rodríguez, sound engineer at Radio Baracoa, also said goodbye to his colleague. “With deep pain we received the unpleasant news that our friend, partner and brother, Roldis Polo Pérez, passed away. The Baracoa culture (sic.) is in mourning, our deepest condolences reach his family and friends. Rest in peace brother, Cabacú promoters will never forget you”.
The murder occurs a few days after the Andy Rencurrel30, stabbed last Friday in the Luyanó neighborhood of the Diez de Octubre municipality, presumably due to a dispute over the illegal market for satellite dishes.
Malcolm Alvarez Espinosa He was also stabbed to death at the door of his house in Centro Habana last Wednesday.
Crime seems to have increased in Cuba in recent months, judging by the wave of murders and robberies or robberies with violence reported through social networks, although it is also not ruled out that these events have simply surfaced with the new avenue offered by the technologies as an alternative to the official media that try to hide this type of news.
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