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Arnelys Nancy Vega González, known as "Tita," 25 years old, was murdered on the night of June 7 in her home in the Colón neighborhood, Centro Habana, allegedly at the hands of her partner, in the presence of her five-year-old daughter.
The Gender Observatory of Alas Tensas (OGAT) confirmed the crime and recorded it as the 33rd femicide in Cuba so far this year.
According to OGAT's account on Facebook, the young woman "was attacked with extreme violence presumably by her partner." Tita's father tried to defend her but was injured and hospitalized.
It was the neighbors of the neighborhood who acted before any state institution: they detained the alleged aggressor until the police arrived and sheltered the five-year-old girl who also witnessed the crime.
Alas Tensas recommended that the family seek "specialized psychological support for the minor, given the seriousness of the events witnessed and the profound emotional impact that an experience of this nature can have on a young girl."
The case occurs in the deadliest month of the year.
Only in the first days of June, Cuba confirmed three femicides in less than a week. Two of the crimes occurred on Tuesday the 2nd. Adrianelys Nieves Castillo, 24 years old, was murdered during a blackout in the city of Camagüey. That same night, in San Francisco de Paula, municipality of San Miguel del Padrón, Havana, Estefany (Tita) García, 29 years old, was also murdered. Both were killed by their ex-partners.
On Thursday the 4th, Lisney Cárdenas Bruzón, 26 years old, was killed in Florida, Camagüey, allegedly by her husband while she was in the process of filing for separation. That morning, Yohanka Acosta Rodríguez was found dead with four stab wounds in the park at Calle 23 and Avenida Paseo, El Vedado, Havana.
As of June 12, Alas Tensas has recorded 19 attempts of femicide and one murder of a man for gender-related reasons in 2026, and is investigating nine additional possible femicides that have yet to be confirmed.
The organization also demands access to the investigation report regarding the case of Anais Tamayo Puente, whose death occurred under unclear circumstances, and warns: "Citizenship, reporting these crimes is not a crime."
The pace in 2026 far exceeds that of previous years. A total of 48 femicides were documented in Cuba throughout 2025, and since 2019, the total from independent platforms has surpassed 345 cases.
The regime of Miguel Díaz-Canel does not classify femicide as an independent crime in the 2022 Penal Code and does not publish accessible official statistics on these crimes, leaving independent organizations like OGAT as the only source of systematic documentation in the face of state opacity.
There is also no comprehensive law on gender violence in Cuba, a gap that feminist organizations directly link to the worsening of domestic violence amid the deep social crisis the Island is experiencing.
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