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CAMAGÜEY, June 13 (Normando Hernández, CPIC / www.cubanet.org) -
An unidentified man who people in the municipality of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes,
Camagüey province, have taken to calling El Zorro for his propensity of
slaughtering cattle belonging to government farms and offering the carcasses to
the people, struck again between June 7 and 10.
"El Zorro slaughtered 9 steers in the early morning of Friday, June 7,
in Yaguarama district and one more on Monday in a nearby field," said
Niurkis Padrón, an area resident.
According to Padrón, the man then went house to house, knocking at
doors and telling residents where the carcasses were, asking them to take meat
for their own consumption and to leave the rest for others. Padrón added
that the man is always careful to shield his face so he won’t be
recognized.
"Those who went to the places pointed out by El Zorro took all the meat
they could carry. One of them said he took it because the government will not
sell it to the population," said Padrón.
Another resident said: "El Zorro never profits from the meat, so people
in the area consider him a humanitarian person."
Whoever it is people call El Zorro exposes himself to severe penalties the
government imposes on the theft and illegal slaughter of cattle, for which the
Penal Code assigns sentences of from 4 to 10 years in jail.
In spite of the steep penalties, clandestine slaughter of steers and horses
seems to be a growth industry due to the scarcity of meat. Except for El Zorro,
the others sell the meat in the underground market.
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CUBA / Zorro strikes again / CPIC
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CUBA / "Zorro" distributes beef to the poor / CPIC
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