A Cuban court imposed a sentence of 12 years of imprisonment on the individual responsible for the sabotage of the Bungo 2 Electrical Substation, located in the municipality of Contramaestre, province of Santiago de Cuba, as reported by the provincial broadcaster CMKC Radio Revolución.
The convicted individual unlawfully extracted 102 liters of dielectric oil from the facility, a substance essential for cooling and insulating electrical transformers.
The absence of that liquid triggered a significant breakdown that left hundreds of families in the town of Bungo without electricity for 48 consecutive hours.
Bungo is a settlement in the municipality of Contramaestre, an area that had already reported previous damages due to the theft of dielectric oil in nearby substations, including Los Bungos and La Torcaza, according to reports from the Electric Company of Santiago de Cuba.
The case falls under a policy of severe penalties that the Cuban regime has intensified in response to a wave of thefts targeting electrical infrastructure, which exacerbates the already critical energy crisis in the country.
The ruling 475/2025 from the People's Supreme Court, issued in May 2025, reclassified these types of thefts as sabotage against the electro-energy system—not as common theft—with penalties ranging from 7 to 30 years in prison, which can escalate to life imprisonment or the death penalty in cases of serious consequences.
Since then, the courts have applied what the regime itself refers to as "exemplary trials."
Between January 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, many of those prosecuted for electrical sabotage in Cuba received sentences exceeding 10 years in prison.
In May 2026, a court in Artemisa sentenced a defendant to 12 years for stealing 70 liters of dielectric oil, which was also classified as sabotage.
That same month, in Ciego de Ávila sentences of up to 12 years were applied for analogous crimes related to the theft of oil and cables.
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