Cuban mother murdered by her partner in Sibanicú, Camagüey

ACuban mother was murdered by her partner in the municipality of Sibanicú, in Camagüey, at dawn last Friday, according to sources close to the victim.

The woman, identified asElisbeidi Size Rock, was suffocated with a pillow by her partner, who after committing the crime committed suicide, reported the communicator Niover Licea, after confirming the fact with people close to the victim.

Tamayo was the mother of two children, according to Licea, which did not provide information on the identity of the perpetrator of the crime.

This murder adds to the15 femicides committed in Cuba so far this year, verified by the observatories of the feminist platforms Yo Sí Te Creo en Cuba (YSTCC) and Alas Tensas (OGAT).

The previous feminicide confirmed by these organizations also occurred in Sibanicú, in the town of Hatuey, where on March 25Yudeisi Pedroza, 45, was murdered by her ex-partner. Pedroza had two children, one of them only eight years old.

In addition to the 15 proven femicides, YSTCC and OGAT reportedtwo attempted murders on women andfive cases in which access to police investigation is needed, in Villa Clara (one), Havana (two) and Santiago de Cuba (two).

In addition, they added that alerts are being investigated in Manzanillo, Ciego de Ávila, Havana and Artemisa.

Both observatories have recorded220 femicides in Cuba from 2019 to last March. Of those, 89 occurred the previous year.

In 2023, the Cuban regime sentenced five feminicides to life in prison, another two to 40 years in prison and more than 70% of those accused of murdering women to sentences between 25 and 30 years in prison.

However,the regime denies the femicides and alleges that they are a “media construction.”

According to the rulerMiguel Diaz-Canel, the term feminicide indicates alleged state inaction in the face of gender-based violent acts, “a media construction completely foreign to Cuban reality,” she stated categorically in her closing speech at the congress of the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC).

The government did not include the figure of feminicide in the new Penal Code approved in May 2022.