The official journalist Yirmara Torres Hernández has reported on Facebook that she has been robbed at her home in Matanzas and that she feels scared because she knows that someone who breaks into a house while its occupants are inside is capable of anything. She also expressed concern that "the police do very little or almost nothing" to pursue criminals. "Only on the radio in Matanzas, several of us have already been affected," she noted.

In a Facebook post mentioning regime spokespersons such as Arleen Rodríguez and Angélica Paredes, Yirmara Torres expresses her fear regarding the evidence of "thieves" and "gangs that are roaming free" in the province, who do not respect "fences, aluminum shutters, or anything else," resulting in a surge in the number of thefts in the area. She warned that these incidents are occurring between two-thirty and four-thirty in the morning.

"They enter through the front door, take the belongings out through the main entrance, and walk with them through the streets of the city as if it were the living room of their home."

"And one can understand that the Minint has few forces and suffers from the same shortages as everyone else, but if they don't do something quickly, if they don't get serious and tighten the screws, if they don't take action that serves as an example, we are definitely going to lose one of the few achievements we have left: public tranquility," he wrote on his Facebook wall in an extensive post that has been shared 384 times; it has received 198 comments and 443 reactions.

Her fear is so profound that even a different smell terrifies her. "I am scared... very scared. Right now, as I write during a blackout, I just sprayed vinegar and baking soda on the curtains because I suddenly sensed a strange odor, and someone tells me they are using a substance that puts people to sleep," she noted, referring to the thieves.

After the burglary at her home, she claims that she can no longer sleep peacefully and that she remains on guard all night, despite understanding that individuals who have obtained clear images of the thieves have not been able to convince the police to consider them as sufficient evidence.

According to his account, the thieves entered his home by breaking the padlock on the gate that protects the house, as well as several aluminum windows. They slipped inside and took, among other items, the television, a laptop, a pressure cooker, a rice cooker, a tablet, chargers, two watches, microphones, backpacks, shoes, and important documents.

But what has her terrified is that her son was home alone when it happened: she was in Havana. The young man had left all the lights on because he fell asleep with his phone in hand.

"How many more violent robberies need to happen before an alert is raised? What are they waiting for to apprehend those gangs that steal with impunity? Are they waiting for someone to get hurt or killed?" she asks in distress.

She is also concerned that crime rates have increased in just a year. In this way, she acknowledges that there have always been thefts, but a few years ago, her home was burglarized, as the thieves thought they would find something valuable since her father worked at the Panamerican stores. However, at this moment, her house does not attract attention, nor is it extravagant.

"Why was my house robbed now? I don’t know. My house is the ugliest on the block. I don’t have anything out of this world. With my salary as a journalist, I can barely get by. And even though I was married for 20 years to the director of the BFI, the truth is we hardly lived to eat... We never had luxuries and we could never finish fixing our house. Death took him away with a thousand plans for improvement that never came to fruition," she remarked.

She answers this question herself: "The conclusion I've come to is that they rob anyone who has something they can sell. Obviously, they study the house and study you."

For this reason, it encourages vigilance, securing homes more effectively, and collaborating with neighbors because "any precaution is not too much," and there is great concern that with the current economic crisis, thefts will increase.

And it sends a very clear message to the police: "We need you to patrol the streets more during the times when they are attacking. Is there no fuel? We know that. Then, let the officials support with patrols, just as they do for other matters," he said without giving details, although the veiled reference to political persecution is understood.

"What truly terrifies me is that we are not safe in our own homes. What really frightens me is the growing number of thefts and the lack of solutions. What scares me is knowing that I could run into, on the street or even in my neighborhood, the people who broke into my house with my son inside. I need to stop feeling this way. I need peace," he concluded.

His post has garnered comments agreeing with him and lamenting the state of helplessness in which Cubans find themselves.

One of the individuals who shared their opinion on Yirmara Torres' article is Roberto Pérez Batista, who asserts that he caught a thief with tools at the moment he intended to rob his house. He notified the police; they took the thief away; he had a criminal record and was released shortly after without any explanation given to him.

Another user, Dayron Medina, commented that he lives near Yirmana Torres's house and woke up on November 13 to find his front door broken. They stole a scooter from him. "If I had woken up that night, I'm sure I would be dead," he stated.

Many thanked Yirmara Torres for her respectful tone, while others suggested that the issue of insecurity be discussed in the sessions that the National Assembly of People's Power will hold before the end of the year. The proposal has been ironically countered, pointing out that such a debate will surely solve the problem.

Also in Holguín, Ceballos, Central Havana..

The increase in thefts in Matanzas is not an isolated case. Holguín is also experiencing a rise in scams and the theft of motor bikes, shortly after they are posted on buy-and-sell pages.

However, the most notable cases this year have been the multiple murder in Ceballos last August, which claimed the lives of two mothers and their children, who were killed by thieves, and the triple homicide in Centro Habana. The latter occurred in October: three people lost their lives in the popular neighborhood of Cayo Hueso.