Three Cubans arrested in Italy for violent robbery

Three Cubans were arrested in the town of Tivoli, in the province of Rome, Italy, accused of violently snatching a woman's handbag.

The events date back to September 20, the day when the Carabinieri from the Castel Madama police station, in the mentioned Roman locality, arrested three Cuban citizens aged 25, 48, and 25 who were accused of assaulting a woman while she was waiting for her son to come out of school.

The modus operandi of the criminals consisted of distracting the woman by dropping coins on the ground. While the victim tried to pick them up, one of the men took advantage of her distraction to snatch her bag.

Upon realizing what had happened, the victim attempted to stop the three assailants, but she was pushed to the ground, resulting in several bruises.

Fortunately, despite the injuries, the woman did not suffer any serious wounds.

A security guard who was near the location witnessed the robbery and chased the criminals, who were trying to escape in a vehicle that had been stolen earlier.

Minutes later, a patrol of the Carabinieri nearby managed to apprehend the suspects.

When registering the car, the authorities found two knives, which increased the severity of the charges.

After their arrest, the three Cubans were transferred to Rebibbia prison, where they were placed at the disposal of the Judicial Authority of Tivoli.

The number of crimes committed by Cubans in Italy is on the rise.

In recent months, several Cubans have been involved in all kinds of criminal activities in Italy, where it is estimated that there are at least 23,000 citizens from the island residing.

In mid-October, the Local Police of Trieste arrested a Cuban citizen and filed a complaint against him for electricity theft in that city in northeastern Italy.

Previously, also in September, after an impressive chase through the streets of the coastal town of Ostia, in Rome, the police arrested a Cuban and found in his possession tools for theft and a backpack with stolen valuables, including several watches with their tags still attached.

Additionally, this month four Cuban citizens in irregular situations were arrested and subjected to immediate expulsion from Italian territory after being found in possession of burglary tools and narcotic substances, according to authorities from the police station in the municipality of Verbania, in northern Italy.

In June, the Italian carabinieri arrested Edgar Molina, 22, after discovering a clandestine laboratory in the basement of his house in Rome, where he had manufactured an arsenal of weapons and ammunition.

Another case is that of Lindys Pérez Felip, 40 years old, arrested in January for drugging and robbing several men with whom she arranged meetings through online dating sites. Recently, the Prosecutor's Office of the province of Monza and Brianza requested five years in prison for her.

In a different case, a 29-year-old Cuban was arrested in the town of Vigevano, in the province of Pavia, in Lombardy, after leaving her baby, just a few months old, alone in the front of her car with the windows closed while she went to run some errands.