Cuban sacrifices a horse in the living room of his house in the Frank País municipality, Holguín.

The police arrested a man in the Holguin municipality of Frank País who sacrificed a horse in the living room of his home.

The officialist profile Cazador-Cazado identified the detained person on Facebook as Odayner Gainza Siló.

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The cited source reported that the animal was sacrificed in that same place.

The official profile also reported that a citizen named Osvaldo Guzmán Leyva was arrested in the same municipality of Holguín.

Guzmán was found with beef from an animal he slaughtered on his own farm.

The economic situation has driven the informal meat market, causing some people to resort to illegal measures to meet their needs.

In June, the government of Guantánamo acknowledged that at least 23 thefts and sacrifices of large livestock occurred within 24 hours.

The incidents reflect a sustained increase in this type of crime in the region, adding to other thefts and social indisciplines that affect both the population and the local economy.

But an even worse situation was reported in Las Tunas, with an average of up to 29 sacrifices reported in one day.

In just the first four months of this year, 1,954 crimes related to the theft and sacrifice of 3,480 heads of cattle and horses were recorded.

The violations were detected in 341 units of the agricultural sector in the province, according to Periódico26.cu.