The Gender Observatory of Alas Tensas (OGAT) confirmed this Sunday the femicide of Bertha Veitia López, a 64-year-old woman whose body was found in a banana plantation in Nuevitas, Camagüey, after being murdered on August 26, allegedly by someone she knew.
According to the report published on Facebook, the discovery of Bertha's body revealed conditions that the observatory described as "great cruelty and misogyny," and which were made public as a warning to the citizens.
The author of the crime is already in custody.
Bertha is remembered in her community for her generosity and for her work as an assistant at the local hospital in Nuevitas.
Alas Tensas extended their condolences to the sister and her son, as well as to the many people who knew and appreciated her.
This is the first femicide publicly documented in Nuevitas so far this year, according to the list of femicides in Cuba by the organization.
In the same report, it also confirmed the murder of Yadelaine Roque Torres, 25 years old, which occurred on September 4 in the rural settlement of Sabana, La Caoba, near El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba, a case that was reported by independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada.
Alas Tensas provided new details about the case: Yadelaine's attacker is believed to have escaped from a nearby prison to assault her in front of her home.
The subject, identified as Yorgelis Vidal Ayarde, 24 years old, attacked her with a knife. Hours later, he was found dead on the Marimón bridge, in the José Martí district of Santiago de Cuba, after having taken his own life.
The victim, the mother of a nearly five-year-old girl from a previous relationship, was urgently transferred to Ambrosio Grillo Hospital in El Cobre, but did not survive her injuries.
With these two cases, the OGAT count reaches 50 femicides in Cuba so far in 2026, in addition to 21 attempted femicides and two murders of men due to feminicide-related violence.
The 47th and 48th feminicides of the year were those of Dr. Yanelkys Alonso Valdés and her mother Lenia Valdés Amador, both victims of the same attack in Güines, Mayabeque, in late August.
Cuba lacks a comprehensive gender-based violence law, and femicide is not classified as an independent crime in the current Penal Code, where it only appears as an aggravating factor in murder cases.
A official report from the Observatorio de Cuba on Gender Equality published in August revealed that in 2025, 49 cases of femicide were tried, with 46.9% of the victims murdered by their ex-partners and 89.7% of the crimes occurring in the home.
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