Details emerge about suspected perpetrators of Ceballos’ quadruple murder

With each passing day, more details emerge about the massacre that occurred in the city on Saturday. Ceballosin which two mothers and their young children were brutally murdered, which shocked all of Cuba. On Sunday, it was announced that two young brothers were arrested as suspected perpetrators of the crime. The suspects, identified as Luis Enrique And Leudys Romero Daudinotwere working in the area and are said to have broken into the home of one of the families to commit a robbery.

activist Lara Crofs On her Facebook profile, she announced that the two 26-year-olds (they are twins) lived in the same neighborhood of Ceballos, just one block from the crime scene. “They are from the July 26 Neighborhood,” she specified. “Leudys works as a cook in a school and in his free time he helped the father of the murdered child on a farm. The other brother, Luis Enrique, was in prison in Canaleta spent five months in custody,” she explained.

“One million CUP was found on Leudys, clothes belonging to the three-year-old child that he had stolen for his son of the same age, and his blood-stained clothes,” Crofs added. According to her post, the people of Ceballos gathered for hours in front of the police station, demanding that the brothers be handed over to them for vigilantism. “The police prohibited filming and taking photos under threat of persecution,” she added.

The first information about the brothers, provided by the independent portal CubaNetmentioned the brothers Romero Daudinot and a third young man named Esney Fonseca. On Monday, Communicator Niover Liceaknown on social media as “Nio reporting a crime,” shared a video on Instagram in which Esney denied any involvement in the crime.

Official media reaction

Given the shock caused by the quadruple murder in Ceballos, the official press, which usually ignores murder cases and other serious crimes, was forced to react. The weekly newspaper intruder published a short editorial announcing the names and ages of the victims.

“Among the deceased is Richard Dariel Nuneza four-year-old child. The other victims are named Lester Rivadeneira Rodrigueza 17-year-old youth; Yamila Reyes Tamayo29; and Raysa Rodriguez Perez de Corcho50,” the editorial said. Although the newspaper did not specify the family ties of the victims, it was confirmed that they came from two families. Yamila Reyes (29) was the mother of young Richard Dariel and Raysa Rodríguez (50) was the mother of teenager Lester Rivadeneira.

According to a neighbor, the incident occurred between 6 and 7 a.m. on Saturday after the four-year-old's father went to work on his farm. “Apparently they broke in to steal money from the man from some sales,” said the source, who asked not to be identified. Raysa and her son Lester lived next door and rushed to help when they heard their neighbors' screams. They were also killed in the process.

Everything happened in the “old bakery” neighborhood of Ceballos. The neighbor mentioned that the robbers were hiding in an abandoned house opposite the house of Yamila and her husband.