The official Cuban press acknowledged this Friday that thieves in the province of Cienfuegos take advantage of power outages to rob homes that are occupied with residents inside.
In a report published by the official newspaper 5 de Septiembre, the testimony of several victims is detailed, who were sleeping during a power outage, often with the doors open due to the intense heat, and were robbed.
"I heard a noise and, half asleep, I opened my eyes. The cold light from the street bothered me, and I saw a man standing there. I thought it was my husband's nephew, who sits at the computer. I went back to sleep. He took a laptop, a hard drive, and three cell phones. It must have been a little after one or two in the morning," said a woman who discovered the robbery the next day.
According to the information, at least nine other families have had similar experiences. Many of them recovered their belongings during a public handover recently conducted by the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) at Villuendas Park, located in the area where the thefts concentrated.
First Lieutenant Darlin Borges Soriano, the first instructor of the Regional Unit of Criminal Investigations, reported that nine complaints of burglaries in occupied homes were addressed while the residents were asleep.
Currently, three defendants are in provisional custody awaiting trial.
They took advantage of the night blackouts, when the victims went to bed with the windows open, and climbed to the second level to commit the robberies, Borges Soriano explained.
"We have recovered a flat-screen television with its remote, a Panasonic brand, a generator, a music system, a hard drive, a laptop, and several cell phones," he detailed.
Power outages in Cuba last up to 12 hours a day amid the serious energy crisis on the island.
In the summer months, the suffocating heat prevents families from resting without fans, which leaves many with no choice but to open doors and windows despite the rising crime rate on the island.
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