He eviction of a family with five minor children who had occupied a home in Holy Spirit led to a confrontation with the police ended with minor machete injuries to one of the agents.
It happened at noon this Thursday, when police officers went to a home located on Paseo Norte Avenue in the city, after reporting a confrontation between the owner and her husband with the occupants of the home, a native citizen. from Guantánamo with five minor children.
The events were recorded by several of the neighbors who, for the most part, criticized the violent behavior of the police and shared images of the operation through social networks.
Amid screams and cries from the children, and expressions of disapproval from the neighbors, police officers broke into the house and forcibly evicted its occupants, while the presence of other municipal authorities could be seen on the street.
As reported this Friday by the official media Escambray, “the husband of the Guantanamo citizen and his brother, machete in hand, broke into the place, attacked two combatants from the Ministry of the Interior and caused one of them minor injuries to an arm, without danger to life.”
“Likewise, they showed a threatening attitude against the Mayor of the municipality and the members of the Commission to confront the illegalities of Housing, who from the beginning had appeared at that premises, where the five children were also found, to whom "whose integrity was protected at all times," the information added.
The Facebook group page ‘SiudadanoS Movement’ He indicated that “the reaction of the Sancti Spiritus population attests to what really happened and that the official press wants to hide. In the face of police aggression against “illegal” tenants? "It is the clear sign of who started the brawl."
“The evidence is here. Don't let the newspaper fool you Escambray", indicated the profile of the social network in which one of the videos of the events was shared.
Titled 'Police violence in eviction in Sancti Spiritus', the publication explained that in the first video "you can see exactly the moment when someone is pushed towards the window of the residence located on Calle Independencia, in front of Paseo Norte."
“As a result of that push, savagery began: police beating citizens in front of innocent children. And a father of a family who, when faced with the attack on his loved ones, reacted by injuring two HDLGP better known as revolutionary police officers,” he added.
For its part, the user identified as Nestor Estevez shared in the group a chronicle of what happened.
“There is widespread fatigue and orphanhood in the population that does not feel represented by the authorities in power… The military proceeded to evict a Guantanamo family from an ‘illegally occupied’ house, according to the authorities,” the user reported.
As he reported, “such was the desperation of the mother and father of five children, that the incident escalated and ended with a touch of slaughter. Injuries, blood, pain, injustice, and people in the street, lost, aimless. From this event, two avocados (police officers) were reported injured by machete. “This is how this lost and drowned people is, taking refuge in violence as a last resort to survive this national disaster called REVOLUTION.”
Meanwhile, the newspaper Escambray He indicated that "at this time, the competent authorities are deepening the investigations to prosecute those involved and restore legality."
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