They assaulted a thief caught inside a house in Santiago de Cuba.

The owner of a house in the city of Santiago de Cuba surprised a man stealing inside his home, whom he confronted and injured with a machete, according to reports from people at the scene.

The incident occurred in the La Risueña neighborhood, entering from the Alejandro Urgellés Multipurpose Hall via Mariana Grajales Avenue, a source confirmed to communicator Yosmany Mayeta.

The video sent to Mayeta captured the moment when a man pulled the injured thief out, grabbing him tightly by the shirt he was wearing and putting him into a police patrol, in the presence of two police officers who did not intervene in the arrest of the suspect.

According to the person who recorded the video, the owner of the house, identified by the name of Urbano, "came home from work and encountered the thief, and struck him with a machete on the head."

Presumably, this is not the first time the homeowner has been a victim of thieves. The source assured that, a few days ago, "they emptied the house while he was working."

So far, no further details have emerged about this event, which once again highlights the rising crime rate in the country, prompting many citizens to take matters into their own hands to discipline the criminals.

A few days ago, neighbors in the Sevillano neighborhood in Havana caught and beat a thief whom they discovered trying to rob houses in the area. They then made him sit on the street and waited for the police to arrive and take him away.

This same week, residents in the Indaya neighborhood, in the municipality of Marianao, also in the capital, caught a man who had robbed one of the houses, after which they tied him up and held him until the police arrived.

At the end of May, the Cuban government acknowledged that its "hardline" policy and confrontation with crime have not yielded results and that the criminal "phenomena" are proliferating in society.

"Yes, there is confrontation," affirmed Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz, but crimes and illegalities are proliferating instead of decreasing, he admitted.

The regime does not publish statistics on criminal acts in the country, and the official press rarely reports such events, except when they have a significant impact on society, such as the brutal murder of four people in Ceballos, Ciego de Ávila, last August.

However, on social media, Cubans report daily incidents that indicate the increasing rise of crime and criminal activity in Cuba.