CAMAGÜEY, December 17 (Normando Hernández, / www.cubanet.org) -
A man who calls himself "Zorro," after the storybook character, has
been killing cattle from the government herd and distributing the beef to the
needy, according to sources in Camagüey province, and police don't have a
clue as to who he may be.
"December 15, Zorro slaughtered a cow, and went around knocking on
doors between 1:00 and 3:00 a.m., telling residents where they could go to get
the beef," said Virgilio Mantilla Arango, an activist with the Cuban Human
Rights Foundation in the municipality of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes.
Mantilla added that many residents got whatever they could carry, saying "We
are going to get the beef Castro's government won't sell us."
Cubans rarely see beef, or meats in general. There have been reports lately
of unscrupulous operators who have packaged dog meat and sold it as mutton, at
eight pesos a pound.
Although the theft or illegal slaughter of livestock is severely punished,
it seems to be a growing problem. The government has not released official
figures.
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