The death of the young Yumary Morales Guerra was reported as a femicide by the Observatory of the magazine Alas Tensas
14ymedio, Havana, July 30, 2024 — A new case of femicide was registered in Cuba in a multiple murder. Yumary Morales Guerra died after being attacked by her ex-partner in the town of Suferry, in Ciego de Ávila. The Observatory of the Cuban feminist magazine Alas Tensas confirmed this Monday the murder of the 28-year-old woman, who was attacked on July 8 and, several days later, on the 15th, died.
The case had already been reported by the Observatory on July 11, in its latest report on the femicide of Damaris Rondón.
According to the complaint filed at the time, on the night of July 8, the attacker, identified by Alas Tensas as Richard Sánchez Ferrales, entered Morales’ home with the intention of attacking her. Félix Morales, the young woman’s father, tried to defend her, but Sánchez attacked him with a knife. After killing the father, the attacker attacked his ex-partner, who was seriously injured and died days later. The victim’s sister and a neighbor who came to help the family were also injured.
Yumary Morales, who worked as a project technician at Dimarq, a design and engineering firm in Ciego de Ávila, is the 28th femicide this year, according to records kept by 14ymedio. In June alone, there were six cases of sexist murder in the country: in Las Tunas, Mayabe
