A Cuban woman visited her family's pantheon inColumbus Cemetery and he got an unpleasant surprise, the premises were desecrated and the thieves took even the funerary remains.
The Facebook userAntonio Valcárcel Domínguez published a video where the woman's voice can be heard detailing the disaster she encountered when visiting the Cristóbal Necropolis pantheon, declared a National Monument of Cuba.
"Some relatives from Cuba, in Havana, have appeared at the Camposanto in order to find out about the state of the family pantheon. They have managed to enter its interior in order to visualize its state with the conclusion that it has been desecrated: They do not even exist the bones," said Valcárcel.
"Structurally, it looks in good condition, but it is deteriorated. It's just that apparently it was looted on the right side. They stole the fence and everything inside is destroyed," he explains.
Similar situations of grave robbery and abandonment of funeral remains outdoors have been recently reported in other cemeteries in Cuba.
Just two weeks ago some Cubans denounced thesituation of the Mayabe cemetery, in Holguín. They documented with images how there were open graves and the remains exposed by frequent thefts and vandalism. "Not even after death can you rest," said a user on Facebook.
In February, grave desecrations were reported in thecemetery of the city of Las Tunas. The most frequent damage is the theft of planters, books and other elements from the graves in the Mayor General Vicente García González municipal cemetery.
In January, another similar complaint occurred in Matanzas. A Cuban family buried a loved one at the beginning of the year in theSan Carlos Borromeo cemetery. They found in the family vault several open coffins with bone remains missing.
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