In the context of the most recent meeting of the Working Group for the Prevention and Confrontation of Crime, Corruption, Illegal Activities, and Social Indiscipline, held via videoconference with the territories, Political Bureau member and Prime Minister Manuel Marrero Cruz made a strong call to intensify the fight against crime, with special emphasis on those related to fuel theft.
During the meeting, the head of government urged an increase in administrative sanctions and greater visibility of state action against these illegal activities, stating that administrative sanctions must be increased and that the public must know there is a fight against this crime, making it a daily battle.
Marrero Cruz emphasized the particular gravity of these events due to their consequences for both the national economy and basic services for the population, and stressed that these events are especially serious because of their impact on the national economy and basic services for the population.
Another topic addressed by the prime minister was the theft of dielectric oil, used in transformers, a crime he described as highly sensitive because “they are attacking our people, they are affecting an entire community. This issue needs to be widely publicized to engage the public in the fight against it. It must be known that there is zero tolerance for fuel theft, for the theft of this oil, and for corruption.”
“But we must also take a firm hand with the irresponsible administrators who are not fulfilling their roles, who are not demanding accountability, and who are not exercising the necessary oversight.”
At the meeting, Leisy Hernández González, Director General of the National Office for the Rational Use of Energy (ONURE), provided an update on the main results in the prevention and fight against fuel theft in 2025 and the first quarter of 2026.
The official reported that control measures are increasing in a context of acute fuel shortages and the emergence of new players in the fuel trade. She also urged the improvement of these efforts. with the Ticket app and the sales system at service stations.
For her part, the Comptroller General of the Republic, Mirian Marbán González, addressed the crime statistics at the end of March and emphasized the need to strengthen the internal control system in state entities and deepen the analysis of information derived from oversight activities.
In her remarks, she warned: “We must increase the rigor of the administrative measures adopted, as well as the disciplinary measures.” “It seems there isn’t a full awareness of the implications of fuel theft and the lack of discipline in its control and use,” he said.
The president of the Supreme People’s Court, Oscar Silvera Martínez, emphasized the importance of informing the public about the actions taken to combat these crimes: “When people appreciate this approach and this system of work, they trust and participate, and that’s how we win the fight against crime.”
Finally, regarding economic crimes, the prime minister stressed the need to strengthen controls at processing centers and warehouses, to implement differentiated work with security teams, and indicated the need to reinforce existing plans to combat them.
(With information from Granma)
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