A few blows from the pickaxe and the bones began to come out; they seem to be human remains, as members of one of the construction brigades of the Building Maintenance Company of Jobabo, said.
Jobabo, Las Tunas.- These builders were working to melt the foundations of a perimeter fence and expand the point of sale located in the areas surrounding La Punta Cultural Plaza.
Then, the questions arose: human or animal rests? Will they be from the Jamaicans murdered in 1917, or it is another burial? To know the answers we will have to wait for specialists to clarify the situation.
At such a finding, the construction tasks immediately stopped and they called the local Revolutionary National Police (PNR). Immediately, researchers and a team of criminal experts from the municipality went to the place. They started the investigation, which included a superficial exploration in the area, and found more signs of skeletons.
The work of the team of experts became, carefully, to preserve the site, other pieces of evidence to be discovered, and not damage the remains, which have a high degree of deterioration; The more so as it may be the group that was killed during the events of the so-called La Chambelona War.
WHAT IS KNOWN ABOUT THE MASSACRE OF EL JIGÜE?
In March 1917, about 36 Jamaicans were killed by Captain Enrique Cadenas, head of the government troops in the region. Some historians say that this fact is related to a series of racist crimes that occurred in the demarcations of Camagüey and Las Tunas during the La Chambelona War; while others say it was just an attempt on their lives to steal their belongings.
Oral stories of the people assert that after performing a ditch in this area, Captain Cadenas asked the workers to put themselves in a row to photograph them and make the passport overlooking their return to Jamaica. As the cameras of that time were tripod-mounted, they never suspected the presence of a machine gun. They tell that one of them, known as Mayon, saved, who knowing the alleged portrait wanted to go on a tie to look better.
The discovery, possibly linked to that incident, occurred 104 years ago, requires more research; first for legal medicine, to corroborate dating, provenance, and the existence of more remains in the perimeter. Then, if a criminal interest is discarded, the specialists of the Provincial Heritage Center would enter their work.
