She was only 16 years old and passed away in November 2023 after receiving a stab wound to the leg. Ten months later, the family does not know the conclusions of the police investigation. They only know that there are several minors in a behavioral center accused of the death of Leandro Baro Lameiro. They don't even know if there will be a trial after what happened. For now, there is no date for the oral hearing.
Nevertheless, the young man's environment demands justice. "They cruelly murdered him, and they tell us nothing about the process; only that it is still under investigation." Those close to the deceased know very little about what happened. Leandro Baro's friends have commented that the teenager was attacked by about twenty people, both adults and minors.
The fight started in a bar in Las Tunas, but it stemmed from another altercation that took place at the Wenceslao Rivero high school. Leandro Baro Lameiro received a single stab wound in the lower part of a leg and lost a lot of blood. The doctors in Las Tunas decided to amputate it to save him, but ultimately, the teenager died from a heart attack after having survived a previous one.
In the neighborhood, it is said that the boy who was stabbed is having his family, who works in the Prosecutor's Office, obtain psychiatric documents for him to avoid going to jail. They say he has a "nervous problem" to justify what he did.
In a video accessed by CiberCuba, it shows the conditions in which Leandro Baro Lameiro arrived at the clinic where he was treated. He was completely covered in blood. He was carried in the arms of three boys his age.
Social media mobilized after his admission to the pediatric hospital in Las Tunas, calling for blood donations, but they could do nothing to save his life. He lasted one night and at dawn the next day "went into cardiac arrest." He passed away on October 1, 2023, at 3:45 AM.
The death of Leandro Baro Lameiro is not an isolated event. Last week, Jancel Ríos Pérez, 24 years old, died after receiving a stab wound in Sancti Spíritus. Also last week, two other young Cubans died: Flavio Alonso Piedra, 20 years old, found dead in the unit where he was doing Military Service in Baracoa, and Usiel Quesada Florat, stabbed in the back in Camagüey.
The think tank Cuba Siglo XXI has identified 2023 as the year in which the regime recognized criminality as a national problem, with July and June being the most violent months. "Out of the 649 reported crimes, 265 were robberies, 199 people were murdered in 197 incidents, and 124 people suffered assaults," states the report accessed by CiberCuba.
According to the Cuban Citizen Audit Observatory (OCAC), between January and June 2024, a total of 432 crimes were recorded, which represents a daily average of 2.37 crimes, marking an increase of 152% compared to the same period in 2023 (1.82 crimes daily in 2023). The analysis shows a "concerning increase" in violent crimes in the first half of this year, highlighting a growth of 111% in murders, 290% in assaults, and 208% in thefts in the first half of 2024.
The OCAC attributes this increase in crime to the de-capitalization and de-professionalization of the Police; to changes in social and cultural values, and to "a growing perception of impunity and corruption within the Cuban judicial system." In light of this situation, it "makes an urgent call to the Cuban authorities to transparently address this concerning situation."
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