Ailen Tartabull, mother of an eight-year-old boy, was murdered at her home
14ymedio, Havana, May 29, 2024 — Machista violence claimed two new victims in Cuba on Tuesday at the hands of the same aggressor. According to several reports on social networks by residents of Cienfuegos, Ailen Tartabull, mother of an eight-year-old boy, was murdered at home by her husband, identified as Adrián Cruz, who later went to a ration store where he killed Víctor Manuel Ojeda Alpízar.
The death of the woman represents the 18th femicide on the Island so far in 2024, according to the count of 14ymedio. According to Irma Broek, Ojeda Alpízar, “alleged lover” of Tartabull, worked at the bodega (ration store) and was “lovingly called El Chino.”
The comments in that post by Broek, as well as in other posts, such as that of a user named Saúl Manuel, say that the victims were very well-liked. “That unfortunately left great suffering for the families of the victims, children who were left alone when they most needed their father and mother,” lamented Javier Pérez Macías. “I had the pleasure of meeting the victim, Víctor Manuel Ojeda Alpízar. He was my friend, a g