The independent observatories Alas Tensas and Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba (YSTC) confirmed this Tuesday a new sexist murder, that of Mayelín Rodríguez, in Camagüey. With it, the number of femicides on the Island since January rises to 83.
Little is known about Rodríguez’s murder. So far, the platforms revealed that the woman was murdered on December 11 in the vicinity of a penitentiary center in the town of Sola, in the Camagüey municipality of Sierra de Cubitas.
The alleged murderer was his partner, about whom no other information is known other than that he committed suicide after attacking the woman. The observatories also indicated that the victim is survived by two minor children.
Other details, such as Rodríguez’s age or the attacker’s motivations for committing the crime, are also unknown, although the activists believe that his second last name may be Vals.
Alas Tensas and YSTC also verified the femicides this December of Yailén Matamoros and Melani García, which had already been reported by the independent press.
Some publications on social networks allege that the aggressor had a criminal record for which he had served prison time and that he may have committed suicide after the crime.
Matamoros, 35, was attacked last Saturday by her ex-partner in San Antonio de los Baños, who stabbed her 33 times, she told 14 intervene a neighbor from the neighborhood. According to the source, the alleged murderer attacked her after learning that the woman was in a new romantic relationship.
Some publications on social networks allege that the aggressor had a criminal record for which he had served prison time and that he may have committed suicide after the crime. Other stories say that a relative of the victim killed him as revenge.
The second victim, Melani García, 16, was murdered last Saturday in Havana. A post of a relative of the teenager pointed out a man whose identity responds to the initials of PJS as the alleged aggressor, but did not reveal his relationship with the victim. Another publication indicated that there could be two others involved in the case and that they fled. According to the same source, García was the mother of a two-year-old child.
The Attorney General of the Republic, Yamila Peña Ojeda, reported last Saturday that since 2020 and until the end of October 2023, 117 incidents of violent death of women have been reported on the Island. It was mentioned that the provinces of Matanzas, Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Granma and Guantánamo have the highest rates of cases.
During the VII Plenary Session of the Communist Party, it was also indicated that the Cuban Observatory on Gender Equality, created in 2021, was updated with the User Manual, to facilitate web navigation. The general secretary of the ruling Federation of Cuban Women (FMC), Teresa Amarelle Boué, accepted that there is still no public statistical information system on the subject.
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