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Cuban dies in traffic accident in Suriname

Emir Castro González, 43 years old, was a native of Cárdenas, Matanzas, and father of two minor children.

Emir Castro González © Facebook/Meysel Pereira y Emir Castro
Emir Castro González Photo © Facebook/Meysel Pereira and Emir Castro

A Cuban identified asEmir Castro González, 43 years old, lost his life in acar accident occurred this Saturday in Paramaribo, Suriname.

Castro, a native of Cárdenas, Matanzas, andfather of two children, was driving a motorcycle on Dr. Sophie Redmond Avenue, in front of a shopping center in the city, on Saturday morning, when the collision occurred. According to police reports cited byPress media, the motorist did not yield and collided with a van that was crossing the road.

Castro's wifeMeysel Pereira, shared the news of the death on his Facebook profile. “My heart is in mourning,” he wrote from Cuba, and dozens of family and friends conveyed their condolences and expressed their pain for thetragic event that has plunged this Cuban family into pain.

Facebook Capture/Meysel Pereira

The incident initially spread in the group “Hispanics in Suriname”, wherethey published photos in which the victim appears lying on the pavement after the accident. “Share if anyone knows a Cuban who had an accident near themall”the post asked.

Capture of Facebook/Hispanics in Suriname

The images were censored by Facebook due to their explicit content, and Pereira asked that they be sent to her to verify if they were her husband.

A note from the independent mediaCubans around the world He regrets the sad moment that Pereira is facing, along with his two youngest children from the marriage, Yaimely and Yansay.

Facebook Capture/Crime News Suriname

This fateful traffic accident joins others in which Cuban immigrants have recently lost their lives.

The young fatherOmar Ortiz died in Atlanta, United States, just one day after arriving in that country in search of a better future and helping his family in Cuba.

Days before,Abdel Pastor Romero died in another road accident in Houston, Texas, married and father of two teenagers, who had arrived in the United States two months ago through humanitarian parole.

On February 3,nine Cuban immigrants died in a tragic accident on a highway in Guatemala, a country through which they traveled to reach Mexico and continue their journey to the US border. Only one of the Cubans survived.

Aramsai Adiena and Yusbel Rivero, A couple who had been residing in the United States for just a year lost their lives in January after a car accident in Boston, Massachusetts, where they were visiting friends.

At only 25 years old,Liannet Rusiel Urgellés He died as a result of a crash that occurred in the early hours of December 31 in Lincolnton, North Carolina.

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