SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- Three people were murdered last week in the capital municipality of Centro Habana, in an alleged robbery of a home, as clarified Martí Newsbased on the testimony of the sister of one of the victims.
Mayda Valido confirmed to that medium that her mother, brother and a friend of the brother were asphyxiated inside the house located on Calle San José between Espada and San Francisco, near Parque Trillo, last Wednesday.
Soraida Águila, 86 years old; his son Danilo Valido Águila, 62, and his friend, lost their lives at the hands of people who apparently knew Danilo Valido.
“They drowned my mother, my brother too, and the other boy. They suffocated my mother with a pillow; to my brother, it seems with a towel, or something like that, and to the other one too. The murderers did not carry weapons,” said the woman.
“They took my brother’s safe and belongings, material things,” said the source, who had to travel urgently to Cuba after learning of the incident. crime.
In his testimony to Martí News Valido said the police were “very efficient” and within 24 hours they captured all the murderers. “People do horrible things for money, because there is a lot of scarcity of money and my brother was an angel who helped everyone and was a loving person,” he said.
The murderers were “friends of his and he helped them a lot,” said Danilo Valido Águila’s sister.
“My mother was old, but she was very strong and very well, the only thing she had was Alzheimer’s, her lost memory. “It seems that she woke up when she heard a noise because she was in another room and she got up and they picked her up,” he said.
“That was on Wednesday night and on Thursday it was discovered, thanks to us, me and my sister that we started calling everyone to go there because I was in the United States. “They managed to enter the house and discovered the bodies,” he added.
The burial of the deceased occurred on Saturday and by then the bodies were decomposed, Valido pointed out, adding that the bodies had to remain in the house all day Thursday because the police “were working.”
Crime gives no respite
Although 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 document, which offers a 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 of the previous year.
He report breaks down crimes committed between January and June 2024, with increases 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.
