Yudiley Rodríguez Enríquez, known as "Mimí," was murdered on Tuesday, October 20, in her home in the Margodo neighborhood of Gibara, Holguín, in the presence of two girls, one of whom was her youngest daughter, only four years old.
The woman was 37 years old, a mother of four children, and worked as a sales assistant at a grocery store. The alleged attacker was identified as Iram García, a neighbor with whom she had no romantic relationship or family ties.
The case was confirmed this Thursday, October 22, by the Alas Tensas Gender Observatory (OGAT), which recorded it as the 58th documented feminicide in Cuba in 2026, according to its report up to October 21.
The attack occurred inside the home
According to family testimonies collected by OGAT, the alleged assailant entered the home around five in the afternoon and attacked Yudiley with several knives.
The woman bled to death due to multiple wounds sustained.
Family members reported that García had repeatedly harassed the victim's daughter-in-law and that Yudiley had opposed this behavior, even going so far as to expel him from her home several times.
During the attack, Yudiley's father was also injured, although he is no longer in danger, according to the observatory.
The victim's daughter-in-law managed to take the two girls who witnessed the crime out of the house and call for help.
Four children are left without their mother
Yudiley left behind four children aged 18, 15, 13, and four years. Her youngest daughter was one of the two girls who witnessed the murder.
OGAT expressed "special solidarity with the two girls who witnessed the murder," and called for them to receive "specialized psychological care and emotional support to cope with the consequences of this traumatic experience."
The observatory emphasized that "it is essential to ensure their protection and well-being."
The 58th feminicide in Cuba during 2026
OGAT classified the murder of Yudiley as a social feminicide, as it involves a crime allegedly committed by a man who had no romantic relationship or kinship with the victim.
In its statement on October 22, the observatory reported that it had documented 58 femicides in Cuba during 2026, along with 32 attempted femicides and two murders of men in the context of femicidal violence.
Gibara had already recorded two other femicides in May 2026, those of Yadira González Gámez and Osleidys Bonaga Corella. With the murder of Yudiley, the total documented cases in the municipality this year rises to three.
Gender violence in Cuba
The Cuban Penal Code of 2022 does not establish femicide as an autonomous crime, although it includes aggravating factors related to gender-based violence.
Cuba also lacks a comprehensive law against gender-based violence and a national network of shelters for at-risk women.
Since the start of its monitoring in 2019 until June 2026, OGAT had documented at least 350 femicides in Cuba.
The observatory has called for access to official information regarding the investigations of these crimes and reiterated in its statement: "Reporting these crimes is not a crime."
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