Havana/The independent platform Alas Tensas reported this Thursday of a new feminicide and an infanticide of vicarious violence in Cuba. According to the record of 14ymedioIn total, 15 deaths due to sexist violence have been reported in Cuba so far in 2026.
The victims were Rosalí Peña Hernández, 31, and also her daughter Camila Aguilera Peña, 12, in an event of “extreme violence” that occurred in their home this Wednesday, in Batabanó.
The report from the Alas Tensas Gender Observatory (OGAT) identifies the alleged perpetrator of this double crime as Peña’s current partner, who also attacked and caused serious injuries to the victim’s mother – while trying to defend her – and a neighbor, who came to help them.
In addition, he reports that the youngest son of the murdered woman managed to flee the place where the incident occurred.
The NGO activists denounce “the cruelty and brutality” of the attack and consider that it shows “to what extent violence against women and girls in Cuba impacts not only the direct victims, but also their daughters and sons, family members, close people and entire communities.”
The NGO activists denounce “the cruelty and brutality” of the attack
“The case shows, once again, the lack of protection in which many women live against violent aggressors and the absence of effective prevention and protection mechanisms,” they emphasize.
The report indicates that, to date, the record carried out by the OGAT in 2026 also includes 14 attempted feminicides, while they are investigating eleven possible sexist crimes, four attempted feminicides and one murder of a man for gender reasons alerted in 2025.
Two weeks ago, Alas Tensas presented its report on gender violence in 2025, in which it considered that the current crisis situation in Cuba affects a greater lack of protection for women and girls, which is why it demanded the creation of a national network of shelters and public protocols.
In its analysis, it noted that in 93.8% of the verified cases the aggressor was a person known to the victim, which places the feminicide risk mainly in contexts of relational proximity.
“The case shows, once again, the lack of protection in which many women live against violent aggressors and the absence of effective prevention and protection mechanisms”
He also stressed that the concentration of cases in relationships with a partner, ex-partner and other close ties confirms that violence against women is “predominantly part of sustained dynamics of inequality and control within pre-existing relationships.”
Feminists drew attention to a “higher incidence” of femicides committed in the victims’ homes by their partners and ex-partners.
Cuba does not classify feminicide as a specific crime in its Penal Code and official media rarely report these cases.
The National Organization of Collective Law Firms opened an office in Havana at the end of November to serve victims of sexist violence and confirmed that in 2024 the courts identified in trials held a total of 76 women murdered by their partners, ex-partners or other people.
