Femicide in Cuba: Young teacher murdered in Granma

A young 21-year-old Cuban teacher, identified asDaniela Thalia Tasse Arias, She was murdered this Thursday morning by her ex-boyfriend in the provinceGranma, according to reports on social networks from family and friends.

The victim worked at the Luis Marcano Álvarez school, in the municipalityBayamo.

“May God keep you in a good place, my cousin, and make the person who did this to you pay. "EPD"Daniel Aguilera Arias wrote on Facebook, who in the comments to his publication stated that the young woman was murdered by her ex-boyfriend.

The aggressor went to the school and asked the victim to accompany him to talk, but when they went a little further away, he attacked her multiple times with a knife, a few meters from her co-workers and students, as she revealed toCubanet a neighbor of the educational center on condition of anonymity.

The same source indicated that the attacker - identified as Franci Espinoza Rodríguez - had a history of violence and hit Tasse Arias frequently.

After the crime, the school was immediately intervened by the police and the parents, upon finding out, immediately went to pick up their children. The center remains closed.

A friend of the victim confirmed to the aforementioned independent media outlet that Daniela was just over three months pregnant.

The independent journalist Alberto AregoIndian -citing a source familiar with the case- that the aggressor is only 19 years old and that the motive for the crime would have been jealousy.

On social networks, Daniela's family and friends have expressed their dismay at the tragic event.

Relatives described the young woman as a good person, a good daughter, sister-in-law, teacher and, above all, a good friend.

At the closing of this note, the murder had not been made known on any of the feminist platforms that document gender violence in Cuba.

Unfortunately, it is not the only feminicide that has been reported in recent hours, sinceA woman in her 60s was murdered by her partner in the early hours of May 24. in the Luyanó neighborhood, in the Havana municipality of Diez de Octubre, as reported on social networks by the Cuban feminist platform YoSíTeCreo in Cuba.

Given the notable increase in femicides in the country, the aforementioned feminist platform published asupport telephone linefor people who are victims of gender violence. By calling 52652798, those who need it can receive counseling, legal advice and psychological help.

In February, 14 civil society organizations launched a third call for the Cuban regime to declare a State of Emergency due to gender violence. Similar alerts were also made in 2021 and 2022 without a response from government authorities.

In recent days it was news that Cuban courts They convicted 18 men who committed femicides during 2022According to official data, a much lower figure than the 34 events of this nature documented by independent platforms.