A 38-year-old Cuban woman and mother of three daughters, two of them minors, was murdered on Tuesday night in the city of Guantánamo, as reported on social media by journalist Yosmany Mayeta and later confirmed by feminist platforms.
The woman, identified as Aniuska Hernández Ginard, died as a result of a dozen stab wounds allegedly inflicted by a neighbor from her own building with a machete, as revealed by Mayeta Labrada.
Hernández Ginard was married and a mother of three daughters aged 7, 12, and 20 years.
The victim resided with her daughters and her husband on Carrera Larga Street, in apartment 78 of the building, in the main municipality of Guantánamo.
The alleged murderer has been identified by relatives as Rafael Rivera Echavarría, also known as "El Niño." The 49-year-old man has reportedly served prison time in the past for killing a woman.
"He went after her, it's not fair that such a good woman received 12 blows for no reason," a family member lamented in statements to Mayeta Labrada about the femicide of Aniuska Hernández.
The same source specified that the husband was not at home because he had gone to get a haircut, a moment the killer took advantage of to enter the house and commit the femicide, which took place in the presence of the victim's seven-year-old daughter.
The motives that led the murderer to commit the crime are unknown, as well as whether the victim and the perpetrator had previous problems.
"Up to now, the only verified link between them is that they are neighbors, but we continue to investigate in search of the best way to classify this femicide," YoSíTeCreo in Cuba pointed out about the aggressor, whom the mentioned platform confirmed has a criminal record for gender-based violence.
As of the closing of this note, the feminicide perpetrator is a fugitive.
"I can't assimilate any of this that's happening. I can't believe it, leaving three little girls without their mom. Many of us, her closest relatives, are far away, unable to be with the family. Everything that is happening is very tough," pointed out José Angel Rodríguez Ginard, first cousin of the murdered woman, in statements to Yosmany Mayeta.
"No one has the right to take the life of any human being, there are no reasons. I just hope that the laws and divine justice take care of everything, that this crime does not go unpunished," added the man.
Until this June 5th, feminist platforms have verified in Cuba 23 femicides, three femicide attempts, and six cases that require access to police investigation.
Meanwhile, they are investigating alerts in Havana, Artemisa, Camagüey, and in Santiago de Cuba, one in each of these provinces.
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