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After verifying the violent death of a woman who had been reported missing in Havana last May, the Gender Observatory of Alas Tensas (OGAT) confirmed this Monday the 34th femicide in Cuba so far in 2026, a figure that represents an increase of 112.5% in cases compared to the previous year.
The femicide of Daisi María Isaac Brito, aged 56, occurred in San Francisco de Paula, in the municipality of San Miguel del Padrón, in the Cuban capital, family sources confirmed to OGAT.
According to the report published on social media, Daisi went missing on the night of May 8, and her body was found in an open area the following afternoon, with mutilations.
The alleged aggressor is a neighbor and longtime acquaintance with a history of violence, who even took part in the searches organized by the family and the community.
The observatory warned that it is keeping the investigation under observation "due to the alleged assailant's background of sexual violence against other girls and women, in addition to the possible involvement of drugs and other individuals in the femicide of Daisi."
Additionally, he revealed that "the community took justice into their own hands, something that happens due to the distrust in the Cuban criminal system," and called for institutional attention to the case to curb the wave of violence in that neighborhood of Havana.
The case of Daisi adds to a series of crimes that have made June one of the deadliest months of the year. The femicide of Arnelys Nancy Vega González, 25 years old, in Centro Habana, had raised the count to 33. Days earlier, the murder of Rosaidis Donatien, 23 years old, in Palma Soriano, shocked Santiago de Cuba.
Until June 15, OGAT reports 34 confirmed femicides, 19 attempts of femicide, and one murder of a man for gender-related reasons.
In statements to Martí Noticias, the OGAT specialist, Yanelys Núñez, warned that the number of documented femicides represents an increase of 112.5% compared to the same period in 2025, when 16 cases were verified to date.
Meanwhile, the organization is investigating 12 possible femicides, five attempts, and one murder of a man due to gender motives reported in 2025, as well as nine possible femicides and two attempts reported in 2026.
During 2025, the same observatory documented 48 femicides in Cuba. In 83.3% of the cases, the perpetrator was a partner or ex-partner, 62.5% occurred in the victim's home, and 64.6% were carried out with a knife.
The Cuban regime does not publish accessible official statistics on these crimes, leaving independent organizations like OGAT as the only source of systematic documentation.
Feminicide is not classified as an autonomous crime in the Criminal Code in effect since 2022. The country also lacks a comprehensive law on gender-based violence and institutional shelters for at-risk women, deficiencies that feminist organizations directly associate with the worsening of domestic violence in the context of the deep social crisis affecting the island.
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