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The Supreme Popular Tribunal of Cuba revealed that, between January 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, one hundred percent of the individuals judged for sabotage against the National Electric System received sentences of over ten years of imprisonment.
The information was disclosed through Opinion number 475, issued on May 23, 2025, by the Council of Government of the People's Supreme Tribunal and published in state media such as Cubadebate amidst an energy crisis, as a "persuasive" message.
The ruling classifies as sabotage a crime against state security —not a common theft— actions such as the theft of components from photovoltaic parks, solar panels, generators, dielectric oil from transformers, and fuel.
The document itself describes that "unscrupulous individuals are stealing components, parts, means, resources, fuels, and dielectric oil" belonging to the energy system infrastructure.
The Article 125 of the Penal Code (Law No. 151, effective since May 22, 2022) establishes base penalties of seven to 15 years of deprivation of liberty for anyone who destroys, alters, damages, or harms energy infrastructures.
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When the acts result in severe consequences, endanger public safety, or affect material reserves, the prescribed penalty ranges from 10 to 30 years of imprisonment, life imprisonment, or death.
In that context, the official spokesperson Humberto López intensified the threats last Saturday warning about the legal consequences for those who damage the electrical system.
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