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- Femicide in Santos Suárez: ex-partner kills Cuban woman, 41, while she slept
- Police officer wounded by gunshot during operation against fugitive in Guane, Pinar del Río
- 500,000 pesos bail demanded for detention of 16-year-old in Guanabacoa
- Cuban detained in Irapuato with five packages of suspected drugs following traffic stop
- Cuban arrested in Yokohama for stabbing man at eating establishment
- Man implicated in Melani García femicide released without notifying her family
- Slingshot attacks during blackouts in Holguín: police fail to act
- Cuban-American murdered in stabbing attack in Havana apartment; suspect sought from Santiago
- Cuban-American stabbed to death in Havana in alleged robbery
- Henry Constantin case file returned to Public Prosecutor without trial opening in Camagüey
- Femicide number 57 in Cuba: 58-year-old mother killed in Cárdenas whilst defending her daughter
- Cuban detained in Holguín with 29 million pesos fuels debate over presumption of innocence
- US demands release of Anna Bensi and her mother following conviction in Havana
- Police seize 680 litres of petrol in Regla, Havana
- Femicide in Artemisa: killer had already murdered another woman and served only half his sentence
- Mother of four girls murdered in Camagüey: partner arrested following crime
- Four men sentenced to up to 20 years for sabotage of Havana Milk Complex
- Cuban detained outside Havana Capitol for protesting against dictatorship
- Cuban activist Anna Bensi recounts her trial in East Havana: sanction without imprisonment
- Anna Bensi and her mother convicted in Cuba for distributing police officer video
- Havana Court Fabricates Evidence to Convict Anna Bensi: Agent's Address Does Not Appear on ID Card
- Cuban prosecution seeks two years imprisonment for activist Anna Bensi in Havana
- Havana Court Sentences Anna Bensi and Her Mother for Recording Police Officer
- Cuba records 55 femicides in 2026 following murder of mother of four daughters in Camagüey
- Havana court sentences influencer Anna Bensi and her mother to two years
- 55 femicides in Cuba in 2026: young mother killed in Camagüey
- Cuban Military Tribunal keeps Eddy Ceballos imprisoned for disclosure of State secrets
- Military Court keeps Eddy Ceballos in custody despite family denying admission of guilt
- Femicide in Ciego de Ávila: ex-partner kills Didiannys Barreto, leaving two daughters orphaned
- Trial postponed against Cuban influencer Anna Bensi and her mother with no new date set
- Femicide number 53 in Cuba: Cuban woman murdered during blackout in Havana
- Digital fraud in Cuba: WhatsApp hacking and scams in Sancti Spíritus
- Young Cuban with HIV released on bail after Guanabacoa protest
- Femicide in Havana: 17-year-old girl killed by partner 12 years her senior
- Journalist Henry Constantín arrested at State Security headquarters in Camagüey
- Veterinarian detained in Havana after protest over blackouts in Fontanar
- Double femicide in Güines: doctor and another woman killed
- WhatsApp scams in Cuba: accounts hacked and money transfer requests with no police response
- Raúl Castro's grandson accused of links to Cuban mafia in Quintana Roo
- Theft of dielectric oil in Cuba can carry death penalty, warns Supreme Court
- Looting of oil tanker in La Lisa occurs in front of police in Havana
- Havana court sentences man to 25 years for murder of 21-year-old
- Spanish child sex offender arrested in Havana after attempting to marry for Cuban residency
- Electricity fraud in Havana: court sentences officials and customers from Plaza de la Revolución
- Murder in 10 de Octubre: man stabbed to death after winning lottery in Havana
- Supreme Court notifies sentences to former minister Alejandro Gil Fernández
- Young bicycle-taxi driver murdered in Havana while defending her livelihood
- Doctor murdered in Güines brings feminicide count to 47 recorded cases in Cuba
- Man arrested in Holguín for assault on two-year-old child, victim in serious condition
- Femicide in Güines: doctor killed by ex-partner, 47 victims in Cuba in 2026
- Police investigate destruction of Martí bust in Valle Grande, Havana
- Cuban arrested in Cancún with 102 drug doses and counterfeit notes
- Cuban Recruit Kills Captain at Military Unit in Cárdenas After Ignoring Warning Shots
- National Revolutionary Police recover stolen equipment from Camagüey psychiatric hospital and capture those responsible
- Cuba rejects US accusations of Medicare fraud without evidence
- Cuban man immobilises pickpocket and hands him over to police in viral video
- Double homicide in the middle of the street in Centro Habana in broad daylight
- Cuba's military court will try influencer for alleged espionage
- Electric workers and users sentenced for manipulating consumption in Havana
- Feminist activists document new femicide in Cuba; total reaches 29 in 2026