18-year-old Cuban man stabbed to death during horse race in Cienfuegos

A young Cuban, barely 18 years old, was stabbed to death in the municipalityCruces, in the province ofHundred fires, during illegal horse racing in a rural area of that municipality, as revealed in hisweb the official media La Proa del Centro.

The victim - nicknamed "El Bolito" but whose full name was not mentioned by the aforementioned source - He died last Sunday in the area of the old "Ramón Balboa" power plant., in the popular council of the same name.

"The incident occurred when, at the end of one of the races, there was an argument with Nany, El Bolito's twin brother. He, in his eagerness to take the machete from the aggressor, received a stab wound in the chest that ended his life. "said La Proa del Centro, which indicated that the tragic outcome has shocked the people of Cruces.

"The young black man from a humble family becomes one more victim of the extreme violence that the country suffers. They tell me that the parents were out of control in the funeral home, they lived in La Trocha, corner of Estrada Palma," concluded the fountain.

"I ask for a little respect on behalf of the parents, who are in pure tears and incomparable pain," commented Beatriz Acosta, a person close to the family, in the comments section of the aforementioned media's Facebook publication.

According to that testimony, there were three children whose mother always asked them "to take care of each other and defend each other until death."

"You always listened to your mother's words. I ask on behalf of her that you do not comment on what you do not know and please have a little respect and compassion. Thank you....EPD my negrooooo", he concluded.

At the closing of this note, no other details of the tragic event have emerged, which brings mourning to another Cuban family.

Last Friday, just two days before the death of "El Bolito", another 18-year-old young manwas murdered in Havana, in the vicinity of Prado and Malecón, in Havana, after intervening in a fight to defend a friend, according to sources close to the victim reported on social networks.

In that case Jorge Blanco, known to his friends as "Wasabi", was beaten to death. Forensic medicine informed the family that the cause of death would have been pulmonary emphysema and internal bleeding.

Your friends and community memberspunky They agreed that he was a young man of great qualities and values, interested in his studies and with a promising future.

In another murder reported last week,A 24-year-old young man was shot to death in his home in Old Havana. The victim, identified as Fidel Mayeta Calderín, died at the Calixto García hospital, where he was transferred after two individuals entered his home and shot him, for unknown reasons.