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Two alleged tourist car thieves arrested in Villa Clara

The information, disclosed through a social media profile linked to the official press and repressive bodies of the Cuban regime, attributed two citizens to the commission of crimes that are still being investigated and that have not been proven before any court.

Auto de renta turística circula por carretera cubana en mal estado (imagen de referencia) © Facebook / Carlos Alberto Torres
Tourist rental car circulates on Cuban road in poor condition (reference image) Photo © Facebook / Carlos Alberto Torres

Two alleged criminals were detained in the Popular Council of Sakenaf, province of Villa Clara, after a police operation in which “products that came from theft in warehouses” were seized and two cars belonging to a tourist rental company were found. in Cuba.

The information, disclosed through the account ofFacebook 'Strength of the people', linked to the official press and repressive organs of the Cuban regime, attributed to the citizensErisdel Acedo Paz andSadiel Sampedro Barrios the commission of crimes that are still being investigated and that have not been proven before any court.

Screenshot Facebook / Fuerza del Pueblo

According to the official source, “an Internet user from the town of Sakenaf, in SantaClara, observed an operational search carried out by the police together with community factors at the home of the criminal ERISDEL ACEDO PAZ, where they seized products that came from theft in warehouses, which these criminals were participants.”

Despite this being a police action in the course of an investigation, which has not yet been judged, the official profile does not hesitate to condemn both citizens as “guilty” of serious crimes, destroying the presumption of innocence attributed to them. to every citizen until he is found guilty by a judge following due process.

At the time of the search, according to 'Fuerza del Pueblo', Acedo Paz had in his possession “packages of coffee, soaps, tubes of pasta, packages of detergent, 2 bags of rice, sugar and children's compotes”, supposedly stolen in the “ wineries” where the State sells them in a rationed manner to the population.

"In addition, he tells us that this bandit together with the criminal SADIEL SAMPEDRO BARRIOS had a Tur KIA White car, as well as 2 other license plates with Tur registration, which had previously been reported for theft, using them in the displacement and masking of the crimes that committed, taking money and suitable means that they used to commit these misdeeds, indicated the official profile, insisting on classifying the detainees as “criminals.”

In addition to the white Kia, the Cuban police “managed to recover a Gray Auto Tur Hyundai without a license plate, determining that it is the same one that these criminals used to move around.”

“These criminals are detained and will serve punishment for the crimes committed and the damage caused to the population. When there is Revolutionary Vigilance there is no room for crime,” concluded the aforementioned social media profile, linked to the Ministry of the Interior (MININT).

The increase in crime and violent robberies in Cuba has supposeda threat to tourists and tourism infrastructure in Cuba, spaces in which events of this nature were not usually reported.

At the beginning of July,A tourist rental car was stolen in the city of Holguín, on the road to Gibara, after its driver got off for a moment, a moment that a couple of thieves took advantage of to flee.

The unique thing about the case is that the driver of the vehiclemanaged to hang on to the windshield to try to prevent the theft, and the car circulated for a stretch with the driver clinging to the car, in the purest Hollywood movie style, as highlighted by several witnesses and later confirmed by videos released on social networks.

Days before, a Cubanreported the theft of a passenger car, which occurred in front of the door of his house in Sancti Spíritus.Omar Rogert Penton He spread a message in several Facebook groups in that province asking for help to recover his documentation that was inside the car.

In March, a Cuban driving a rental tourist car in Pinar del Ríowas a victim of vehicle theft after being assaulted by a criminal who unexpectedly got into the vehicle and threatened him with a knife.

“He ordered him to go to the highway, he made him stop and, putting him down with a hard blow, he disappeared with the Tur,” reported Internet user Enrique González Alonso on Facebook, who specified that the violent incident occurred in a province that had always been considered "peaceful".

In recent months,Cuban drivers have warned on social networks about the increase in this type of robbery.

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