CAMAGÜEY, March 20 (Pablo Pacheco Avila, IC) - A man accused of "theft and illegal slaughter of cattle" hung himself in his jail cell with a blanket, said Pura Castillo Palmero of the Cuban Foundation of Human Rights.

Alfredo González Cifuentes was being held in the municipal police station of Venezuela, Ciego de Ávila province. The crime of which he was accused can mean up to 20 years in jail, or even a death sentence, depending on circumstances.

Some are still willing to defy the draconian measures in order to procure meat on the hoof, usually both to eat and to trade.

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