The killer of a young man in Ciego de Ávila had a previous relationship with the victim’s partner.
14ymedio, Havana, August 25, 2025 (delayed translation) — The murder of Rosa Delia Morales and the subsequent suicide of her husband and assailant in Placetas, Villa Clara, has not yet been reported in the official press. However, the Alas Tensas Observatory confirmed the crime, which took place on 22 August. Also, as usual, friends and relatives shared their grief on social media. One of her friends, Diamara Bosch, corroborated the facts to 14ymedio.
“She was an excellent person and very special,” said the woman in a private message. According to reports on Facebook, it was a niece who discovered the bodies in the couple’s home, located on Calle 4 del Norte, between 4 and 5 del Oeste, near the Tabaquería Reloba, according to a neighbour. Morales’ throat was slit and the scene was “Dantesque”, according to other witnesses.
The victim was a native of the town of Villaclare and worked at the Chiquitico Fabregat sugar mill.
“A noble and good person who did not deserve this”, said Milagros Núñez Martínez, who explained she was a friend of hers from when they were at school together in the Lidia Doce camp in Remedios. The victim was a native of that town in Villaclare and worked at the Chiquitico Fabregat sugar mill.
Regarding the partner, Rubén Caña, nicknamed El Caña, he is said to have worked in the Ministry of Sugar, both in the transport base and in the administration of a camp site, and he is from Placetas itself.
One of the pages that reported the news criticised the “authorities’ inadequate response” after the tragedy: “The police arrived late, without mortuary boxes or adequate transport to lift the bodies, which made people angrier and frustrated”. It continued: “This poor response not only shows a lack of resources, but also the absence of proper procedures for dealing with this kind of emergency, leaving the victims and their families even more helpless”.
Yisan Arrechea, 32, received “multiple stab wounds”.
Another crime involving partners, but with a man as the victim, was committed in Lugones , in Ciego de Ávila. According to a report on the Crímenes y Desaparecidos en Cuba website, Yisan Arrechea, 32, was “stabbed multiple times” and then had his throat slit by two men, one of them a former prisoner who had had a previous relationship with his victim’s partner.
The assailants are on the run, according to the sources who reported the incident, which has also not been mentioned by the official media .
Translated by GH
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