A Cuban identified on Facebook as Mumi Tunas reported on Thursday that a thief broke into her office and stole her wallet containing personal documents belonging to her and her daughter.
The woman shared a video showing the alleged perpetrator at the moment he commits the theft, asking anyone who recognizes him to provide information.
"This afternoon, they entered my office and stole my wallet along with all my documents and my daughter's. I ask anyone who knows this shameless person to give me information," he wrote.
Among the stolen documents are the identity card, passports of the victim and her daughter, the little girl's vaccination card, purchase receipts, and the business stamp.
The victim warned that the thief did not act alone. "He was with another person, I'm looking for the other one," she noted, indicating that at least two people were involved in the robbery.
Hours later, he shared a photo of the captured criminal. "He was holding my empty wallet in his hand; he says that the santiaguero took his wallet, forced him to steal, and only gave him the wallet."
She clarified that she didn't have any money in her wallet, just the mentioned documents, which she urgently needs to recover. Therefore, she offers a reward to anyone who returns them.
The case is set against a backdrop of increasing insecurity in Las Tunas, a province that, according to data from the Cuban Conflict Observatory, was the second most affected by verified robberies in Cuba during the first half of 2025, with 101 recorded cases.
So far this year, the province has seen a series of criminal events: the theft of solar panels, telecommunications cables, and dielectric oil from transformers, in addition to a robbery at the Ernesto Guevara General Teaching Hospital that ended with the death of a security guard at the end of August.
The theft of personal documents is another criminal modality in Cuba with a particularly concerning variant: in some cases, thieves wait for victims to offer rewards on social media before "showing up" with the documents as if they had found them, which constitutes a form of extortion.
This practice was reported in May 2025, when several cases were documented specifically targeting Cuban Americans traveling to the Island.
Meanwhile, victims continue to turn to the internet to report and share images of alleged thieves, due to police ineffectiveness.
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