They identify a young Cuban who broke windows of a government car in Cienfuegos: "They almost killed him!"

The young Cuban who last Tuesdaybroke the windows of a car belonging to the provincial government of Cienfuegos in protest against the prolongedblackouts in the city he was identified asEric Luis Acea Quevedo, 24 years old.

After his arrest, according to activists on social networks, the young man was brutally beaten by Cuban police officers. “They almost killed him!” he said inFacebook the cuban activistYamil Cuellar, administrator of the well-known 'Molinos' group on this social network.

“The young man who destroyed the windows of a car belonging to the Provincial Government of Cienfuegos this Tuesday is called Eric Luis Acea Quevedo, 24 years old, and is detained in the Provincial Criminal Instruction Unit (UPICO) of Cienfuegos, according to a source close to the case,” Cuéllar revealed in his publication.

According to his sources, Acea Quevedo would have received a beating that almost put his life at risk. “After the arrest, they beat him savagely all over his body. They almost killed him!”, denounced the activist.

Originally posted by journalistMario J Penton, hevideo of the fact it servedconfirmation of the fatigue that Cubans are beginning to show in the face of the constant and prolonged blackouts that, like never before, markthe current energy crisis.

In apublication On social media on March 2, Acea Quevedo protested the unsustainable situation of blackouts in Cuba and the supposed “transparency policy” of the Cuban regime through its state electricity companies, which “inform” of the outage schedules. of electricity on schedules that are later not met.

“Wow, I don't even know where to start, they're supposed to turn off my power now at 6:00 pm, but they turned it off at 3:45 at the latest. "I would like them to explain to me, and not just the usual thing, but to convince me and half of Cienfuegos what use this diagram is if in the end they do whatever they want," Acea Quevedo complained in his account.Facebook.

In the comments to her post, the young man's mother,Maria del Carmen Quevedo, revealed that the young man was the father of a little girl and assured her that he understood her desperation, similar to what she experienced during the so-called “special period”.

“My dear soul, my little 24-year-old son, now you know what mom went through in the 'special period' to raise your two brothers. It's your turn to fight for your girl, but I will always be there for everyone," María del Carmen told her son.

In his publication, the young father asked that they share it “to see if it reaches any of these people who direct and at least feel something.”

“Why are there boys and girls who don't have their food hot? Why doesn't everyone, I repeat, NOT EVERYONE have gas to cook their food? For me, all the elderly, young people and adults can stop eating, but the situation is already going to the point wherethose who suffer the most are the children", denounced the young man desperately.

Ten days after this publication and outraged by the blackouts, Acea Quevedo attacked with a machete and broke the rear windshield of a government car parked in front of the provincial government headquarters, in the busy José Martí park in Cienfuegos.

For the activist who revealed the identity of the young man, “All of Cuba is crying out for a brutal cessation of repression and a complete change of the system.” Violently arrested and savagely beaten after his arrest, Acea Quevedo isone more Cuban who suffers the brutal repression of the regime against those whoThey dare to demonstrate publicly against him.