Camila González Arias was 17 years old, studying her second year of pre-university education in Havana, and lived with her grandmother and younger sister. Her death, which occurred on June 21, was confirmed as a femicide by an independent observatory, which raised the number of documented cases in Cuba to 51 in 2026.
The Gender Observatory of Alas Tensas (OGAT) published the results of the verification this Monday, a process it described as "long and difficult" before gathering enough information to include the case in its records.
According to information gathered by OGAT, Camila had attended a pool party on June 21 with her partner, Carlos René Alfonso Gorejuria, who is 29 years old.
Afterwards, both went to his home, located in La Palma, Arroyo Naranjo municipality, where the teenager would have been beaten to death.
Family sources consulted by the observatory identified Alfonso as the alleged femicide.
According to those testimonies, the man's mother tried to stop the assault, also suffered injuries, and was the one who called the Police.
OGAT indicated that when the agents arrived, nothing could be done for Camila, and that the man was arrested after the incident, without specifying the current status of his legal situation.
The teenager lived in Lawton with her grandmother and her 12-year-old sister. Her mother and grandmother are ill, and according to the report, Camila assisted with household chores and especially accompanied and protected her younger sister.
With the inclusion of this case, OGAT reports 51 femicides in Cuba so far in 2026, as well as 21 attempted femicides and two murders of men in contexts of femicide violence.
The update comes just a day after the independent registry reported 50 femicides, exceeding the total documented for all of 2025.
The annual report from OGAT published in April initially recorded 48 femicides that occurred in Cuba during 2025. On August 21, the observatory reported that it had subsequently verified another case corresponding to that year, updating the record to 49.
Camila is also the fifth girl or adolescent included by OGAT among the victims of feminicide violence in 2026.
Cases had previously been documented for Katherine Cruz Aguilera, 14 years old; Gabriela Herrera Rodríguez, 7; Camila Aguilera Peña, 12; and Merlin Noay, 17.
The observatory emphasized the age difference between Camila and the person identified as her partner: she was 17 years old and he was 29.
The organization addressed the case within a broader analysis of the relationships between adolescents and adult men in Cuba and the protections established in the legislation.
OGAT also denounced the lack of institutional support for the family after Camila's death.
According to family members cited by the organization, at the time the report was published, no government institution had reached out to inquire about the situation of their mother, grandmother, or their 12-year-old sister.
"So far, no one from the government has come to see them, no one has taken care of the case," the family assured the observatory.
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