The body of a murdered man is found in Santiago de Cuba.

On the morning of this Tuesday, the body of a man allegedly murdered was found near the Alejandro Urgellés Polivalente in Santiago de Cuba, as reported on social media by journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada.

The victim, who is believed to have died as a result of multiple stab wounds, has been identified as Yorlandi Rodríguez Valenciano, 38 years old and the father of two young girls, according to the mentioned source.

Rodríguez Valenciano worked in the police unit of micro 9, in the José Martí District.

The alleged motive for the crime would have been the theft of his motorcycle, information that Mayeta Labrada said had not been confirmed.

The corpse was discovered in a weedy area adjacent to the sports complex.

The communicator clarified that the stretch where the Polivalente Hall is located is completely dark from the vicinity of the University of Oriente and is a highly trafficked, dangerous, and poorly lit area.

Shared photos showed a strong police presence in the area, as well as forensic personnel.

As of the closing of this note, there are no other details about the incident.

In recent days, the vice president of the Supreme Court of Cuba, Maricela Sosa Ravelo, assured the British network BBC that insecurity on the island is a problem exaggerated by social media and cited - as is customary in the government's rhetoric - defamatory campaigns promoted from the United States.

Sosa Ravelo offered his statements - which the BBC itself described as "rare" due to the predominant secrecy of the Cuban regime - in the same report where two other citizens shared their impressions about security on the island, highlighting a significant contrast between the perception of the people and that of the authorities.

Maricela Sosa Ravelo argued that "in Cuba, the police have a high success rate in solving crimes," and added that the citizens do not take justice into their own hands, which in her opinion "suggests that the population trusts the Cuban justice system."

However, reports of thefts, assaults, murders, and other criminal acts have seen a marked increase in recent years, coinciding with the rise of the economic crisis, inflation, and the decrease in the purchasing power of the population.