A brief note from an official pro-government profile on social media reported in recent hours the arrest of an individual accused of stabbing a 15-year-old girl in the Chaveco neighborhood, in the municipality of Palma Soriano, in Santiago de Cuba.
The information - published on the Facebook profile "Héroes del Moncada" - did not provide any details about what happened or when, and only pointed out that in the afternoon of last Saturday, combined forces of the Ministry of the Interior (MININT) "acted promptly" in the arrest of the author of the "crime of serious injuries" in the mentioned neighborhood.
The source indicated that the minor was transferred to Dr. Antonio María Béguez César Hospital -better known as La Colonia- and that she is out of danger.
"The alleged author of the act will be prosecuted and made available to the courts, where he will be judged and punished with the severity established by law," the note added, which in its final segment called on parents to take care of their children.
"We call on parents to protect and care for minors to prevent unfortunate events like this," concluded the publication, leaving many questions unanswered regarding what occurred.
One of the characteristics of the few official publications that seek to "clarify" criminal facts is that they end up leaving more questions than answers.
As of the closing of this note, there is no further information available regarding the aggression suffered by a teenager in Palma Soriano.
Despite the fact that the Cuban government has denied an increase in criminality and has created profiles on social media like the one mentioned to counteract that perception and generate a favorable opinion of the police's work, reports indicate a concerning rise in all types of criminal activities: from street altercations that end with injuries or fatalities -sometimes involving firearms- to all kinds of assaults and thefts, and of course, feminicides.
Recently, the vice president of the Supreme Court of Cuba, Maricela Sosa Ravelo, stated in an interview with the British network BBC that insecurity on the island is a problem exaggerated by social media and alluded to - as is usual in the government’s rhetoric - to defamatory campaigns promoted from the United States.
Maricela Sosa Ravelo argued that "in Cuba, the police have a high success rate in solving crimes," and added that 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 that go unpunished have seen a marked increase in recent years, coinciding with the rise in crime, the economic crisis, inflation, and the decrease in the purchasing power of the population.
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