The Cuban comedian Limay Blanco posted a video on Facebook in which he expresses his fear for the lives of his wife and daughter due to a woman with apparent psychiatric issues who wanders around armed with scissors in his neighborhood in Obrero, San Miguel de Padrón, Havana.
"This video is addressed to the police station of San Miguel de Padrón, to the sector chief, to the representative of Barrio Obrero, where I live, and to the government of San Miguel de Padrón," Blanco begins in the recording.
The artist recounts that the situation has been ongoing for about two months, during which he has repeatedly called the emergency number 106 almost every Friday and Saturday, but the police have not arrived in time to intervene.
"I've called 106 a bunch of times, patrols have come here, but by the time they arrive, she's already gone. There’s no time, she left," he explains.
Finally, she decided to make the complaint public on social media after returning from the farm and the neighbors informing her that the woman had attempted to jump over the wall of her house and had thrown a bottle that, fortunately, was plastic and did not break the glass.
"My fear is the scissors she has up there, which can harm someone here," warns Blanco, noting that the woman has already managed to enter his home once, and he had to remove her by speaking calmly to avoid provoking her.
On one occasion, the police managed to take the woman, presumably to the Mazorra psychiatric hospital, but the next day she had already escaped from the facility.
Blanco also gathers testimonies from neighbors: one woman is afraid to go outside because the attacker has shattered the windows of her home with stones, and another points out that the woman hits her own young daughter and enters the local primary school.
The comedian describes a no-win dilemma: "They say that when a person with psychiatric issues is not in their right mind, you can't retaliate, but from what I see, she can."
In addition to the inability to act, there is another obstacle inherent to the Cuban crisis: the neighbors cannot file a formal complaint because there is no gasoline to travel to La Alcena, where they need to do so.
Limay Blanco, also known for his philanthropic work through the Christian ministry "Cristo Cambia Vidas," with which he has provided housing to vulnerable families in Cuba, states that this is the first time in his life that he has asked for help from the government.
"Government, please help me, help me, to have a bit of peace in the midst of all this turmoil. It's the first time in my life that I'm asking the government," he said.
The case reflects the deterioration of public safety in Cuba, where according to the Cuban Citizen Audit Observatory, the recorded crimes increased by 115% in 2025 compared to 2024, while the police have been criticized for prioritizing political repression over addressing common crimes, and as many as 20% of their personnel may have left the force.
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