Cuban police and neighbors in the José Martí District in Santiago de Cuba managed to capture a man accused of rape who was confronted publicly by his own victims.
According to reports from local reporter Yosmany Mayeta, the capture was preceded by a confrontation between the suspect and a woman who claims to be one of his victims.
A video circulating on social media shows the moment when a woman confronts the man and says, "I will never forget your face."
In the midst of a fit of rage, the victim strikes the alleged aggressor several times, who was being handcuffed by the authorities.
In the background, the person recording the video can be heard stating that the man had raped that same woman.
Although many details about the identity of the alleged attacker and the exact circumstances surrounding the case are still to be confirmed, the incident triggered a wave of reactions among the neighbors, who took to the streets to witness the arrest.
Gender violence in Cuba has grown alarmingly on the island.
Feminist platforms raised the number of femicides to 34 so far this year on Friday by confirming the deaths of Saimy Hernández in the province of Mayabeque, and Linda Nay Flores Vargas, whose body was discovered in a dump in Havana a few weeks ago.
Saimy Hernández, around 40 years old and mother of several children, was killed by her partner on August 13 in a public space in the town of Güines, in Mayabeque.
In the case of Linda Nay Flores Vargas, 34 years old, her body was discovered in a dump in Havana on July 12. The investigation revealed that the crime was committed by her partner.
At the end of July, the Cuban government created a national system for registering, addressing, monitoring, and tracking cases of gender-based violence in the family setting, according to statements made at a Council of Ministers meeting.
A report from the government-aligned newspaper Granma mentioned that the System is made up of "25 experts" from the Ministry of the Interior and the Supreme People's Court, and that its objective is to develop "a computerized and interoperable administrative registry, which would use the institutions' own platforms for the management of criminal processes."
The Attorney General of the Republic, Yamila Peña Ojeda, indicated that the main benefit of this monitoring is to serve as a database to "have statistical information for prevention in the fight against acts of gender violence."
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