Human skulls found in Holguín landfill

A young Cuban woman reported the discovery of human skulls in a landfill in the province of Holguín.

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When the woman stopped to look, she saw that it was the discovery of "human skulls."

In response to an Internet user, he added that the event occurred in the Pueblo Nuevo neighborhood, Holguín province.

To date, the origin of the bones is unknown. A forero stated that "from the cut" one of the skulls has "I would say that they were stolen from a cemetery for some religious work."

It was also recently founda human skull in a trash can in the América Latina district of Santa Clara, as confirmed by the official Fuerza del Pueblo Facebook profile.

The aforementioned source described as a "rumor" the report spread on networks that what was found was a dismembered body and stressed that, after the analysis of Forensic Medicine specialists, it was concluded that the skull found belonged to a person who died more than 15 years ago. years.

The aforementioned report conjectures that the skull "could have been removed from the cemetery to be used in Santeria work, an activity that is very common in the Condado [distribution].

The theft of skeletal remains for use in religious rituals is an ancient evil in cemeteries in Cuba.

In recent years, complaints of this type have skyrocketed, coinciding with the increase in all kinds of vandalism in Cuban cemeteries, from the theft of decorative elements and artificial flowers from the vaults to the desecration of coffins.