The Cuban mother Sady R. Companioni, a resident of the Lawton neighborhood in Havana, reported this Friday that four uniformed police officers arrived at her home to take her into custody, weeks after she made several complaints about the lack of water and the threats she claimed to have received after requesting that basic service.
"Four uniformed police officers, including one from the Search and Capture unit, just arrived at my house to take me into custody for the Aguilera police station without any prior summons," wrote Companioni this Friday on Facebook.
According to his account, his parents and his six-year-old daughter were at home when the agents arrived.
"As expected, in addition to my parents, my six-year-old daughter was present, and she got very nervous and started crying," she added.
In that post, Companioni did not explain what formal reason the agents communicated to her for taking her to the police station.
The incident occurred just a day after the woman reported intimidation related to the water supply in her neighborhood.
This Thursday, he posted a message titled "I AM AFRAID!!", in which he publicly held a local official responsible for anything that might happen to him.
Companioni stated that a truck had arrived in his area again to supply only certain neighbors and that his home was excluded from the distribution.
According to what she said, as she was leaving her house, a woman whom she identified as the same person with whom she had had a previous conflict began filming her with her phone.
The mother stated that the woman told the truck driver: "Look, that's the comrade who doesn't need water, she doesn't need it," and also claimed that she threatened to bring the case to the sector chief due to alleged "defamation" related to her previous posts.
"I'm scared, my daughter depends on me, my family depends on me," Companioni wrote, although she made it clear that she did not intend to abandon her claims: "Just because I'm afraid doesn't mean I'll fold my arms and stay silent."
The issues between the woman and the local authorities date back at least to early August.
Then, she reported that her family had gone without water and electricity for 15 consecutive days and that she had gone to the Government command post in Lawton to seek a solution.
On that occasion, she stated that instead of receiving a response, she was sent from one department to another and threatened that a patrol would be called.
In their home, five people lived together, ranging from six to 73 years old, and, as they recounted at the time, several family members were unwell.
Days later, Companioni reported that she had been excluded from the water distribution from a truck located on her own block and that a police officer had threatened to arrest her if she attempted to photograph or record what was happening.
“If anything happens to me from now on, I want you to know that it is entirely and completely their responsibility,” he had warned then.
The repeated complaints from Companioni occur amid a prolonged water supply crisis in Havana, further worsened by power outages, due to the electrical dependence of a significant portion of the pumping systems in the capital.
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