Cuban detained for being suspect of an attempted homicide against his ex-wife

The Cuban, Geovanny Ibáñez González, ended up detained by the authorities of the Island, after being denounced by his ex-wife, Heidi Peña, due to threats and an alleged attempt of gender-based homicide in Alamar, Havana.

The profile of Marlon Michel Álvarez, linked to the Ministry of the Interior (Minint), confirmed the detention of said individual, indicating that he was arrested for violence after appearing before the Municipal Unit.

In a desperate Facebook post, Peña expressed her fear of becoming another victim of femicide and recounted the moments of horror she had experienced at the hands of Ibáñez González. The attacker had threatened her in the presence of her four-year-old son and even attempted to take her life with a knife, being stopped by the intervention of neighbors and her own father.

The victim had reported that she feared for her life because agents of the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) of Alamar had ignored her complaints, allowing the aggressor’s release on bail when he was arrested for the first time.

She had asked the community to share her complaint on social media so that the fear she faces due to the aggressiveness of the aforementioned individual would be known. “A scared and very desperate mother who fears for her life and the life of her child is writing to you,” she stated.

The Federation of Cuban Women spoke out about this, highlighting the seriousness of the situation and emphasizing that on the Island these acts of gender violence are not tolerated. “Cuba is not exempt from these social phenomena. This is a deplorable fact in which the country has zero tolerance. Our Constitution and Penal Code categorizes this act as serious,” noted the organization.

The case of Heidi Peña highlights the urgent need to address the referred problem in the Greater of the Antilles. According to statistics, last year 88 femicides were recorded, according to independent gender observatories such as YoSíTeCreo in Cuba and the Gender Observatory of the magazine Alas Tensas.

However, the Cuban regime has published even more alarming figures, reporting 117 deaths due to gender violence until the month of October last year. This crime does not have a specific punishment in the Penal Code of the Island.

At the beginning of the current year, at least five cases of femicides have been reported, registered in the provinces of Holguín, Havana, and Camagüey. The victims were murdered by their partners or ex-partners.