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Robberies and violent deaths in Cuba are not among the priorities set by the Attorney General's Office of the Republic of Cuba for the year 2025. In statements reported by the official newspaper Granma, Attorney General Yamila Peña Ojeda has indicated that her priority will be to investigate tax evasion crimes and those against the "security of the country."
The vice president of the regime, Salvador Valdés Mesa, has also stated clearly and emphatically that rather than defending the separation of powers or even pretending that it exists in Cuba, he "emphasized that the work of the Attorney General's Office is to implement measures that allow for containing and reversing the current situation," referring to the deep economic, political, and security crisis affecting the Island, which has led experts to speak of a failed state and even a "Haitianization" of the country.
These statements were collected by the official newspaper of the Communist Party following the annual meeting of Cuban prosecutors, where Cuban communists proudly highlighted that 96% of defendants who go to trial on the Island are handed a guilty sentence. In Spain, for example, only in cases of corruption, the conviction rate reached 67.9% in 2023.
In this regard, Valdés Mesa also called for "exemplary" sentences in cases of corruption. According to the newspaper Granma, 74% of those charged presented by the Ministry of the Interior (Minint) were placed under provisional detention. This measure, they claim, was applied more frequently in cases related to drugs, femicides, corruption, fuel theft, "impacts on the livestock population," and damage to the National Electric System.
In 2024, the Attorney General's Office claims to have assisted over 70,000 citizens, with "special emphasis" on what they consider vulnerable groups, victims of violence and discrimination. Additionally, they conducted 2,168 monitoring visits to schools and foster homes, as well as 346 "fiscal verifications" in strategic sectors and correctional facilities.
Likewise, the Prosecutor's Office claims to have "intensified" its efforts in non-criminal jurisdictional processes related to the Family Code. Looking ahead to 2025, the priorities are to "strengthen the management of human resources, expedite criminal processes, and reinforce the control of legality," informs Cubadebate. In other words, they are concerned that prosecutors like Rosabel Roca Sampedro, involved in convictions related to the protests of 11J, have emigrated to the United States after obtaining a CBP One appointment.
In total, throughout 2024, the Prosecutor's Office reports having opened 104 criminal proceedings in Cuba for crimes of embezzlement, document forgery, misuse of financial and material resources, as well as for "failure to fulfill the duty to protect property in economic entities."
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