Special brigade finally arrests rapist from Cienfuegos

After more than two days of restraint by the authorities and the population Cienfuegos The man accused of multiple sexual assaults has finally been caught. Dunian Hernandeza resident of Reina Street, was arrested by the Special Brigade early Friday morning, according to Facebook user Saúl Manuel.

The suspect was arrested in the community at 4:00 a.m. Waterfall of Passengerswhere he could escape to. The shared image shows him barefoot, wearing only shorts, being held by two guards known as Black berets.

On Thursday, several videos circulated online showing people taking to the streets in search of the attacker. The footage showed the desperation of the people in the face of police inaction, even though the identity of the suspect was known.

A video shows people walking towards the Buenavista refugee camp, where the fugitive is allegedly hiding. “There is nothing here, the man doesn’t want to come out. It’s crowded there, full of young people; the police even left and nothing happened. Those who say they caught him are lying,” says a woman who filmed everything with her cell phone.

“They haven’t caught anyone here. They say he’s inside but he doesn’t want to come out and the police haven’t gone to pick him up,” she added.

In recent days, confusion has reigned due to the inefficiency of the authorities and the silence of the official press, which has led to the proliferation of different versions of the alleged attacks. It is still unclear how many women the suspect attacked and whether the victims were minors or adults.

Residents of the town were outraged and suggested taking to the streets armed with machetes and sticks to arrest him. This week, an alert was issued on social media about the presence of the suspected fugitive rapist, who is said to have attempted to rape a 14-year-old girl.

According to the information, on Tuesday the man “attacked a young woman on 35th Street between 52nd and 54th.” “He held a knife to her throat and raped her; the police tried unsuccessfully to catch him!” reads a post by Jennifer Sánchez Rodríguez, who added that Hernández had previously raped a 14-year-old girl and stabbed a man in the Buenavista neighborhood.

“Cienfuegos is terrified of this. He is still on the streets!” the post said.

This version differed from that of the alleged victim’s neighbors on Tuesday. They claimed that the man was trying to kill the daughter of a woman named Yamitsys, a teacher at the Armando Mestre Elementary SchoolHe ripped all the girl’s clothes off, but she began to scream loudly.

The minor’s mother was taken to the police on Wednesday morning to make a statement, it was said.