On Tuesday, August 4, 2026, three Cuban nationals appeared before a Guyanese magistrate to face a joint charge of murder in the death of a 20-year-old fellow Cuban, the Guyana Police Force confirmed in an official statement.
The three accused individuals are 26-year-old barber Alejandro Igalza Rios, also known by the nickname “Papote”, 29-year-old construction worker Juan Pablo Ferrer Perez, and 24-year-old laborer Mairely Felicita Medinas Alvarez. All three list a local address in Timehri, located along Guyana’s East Bank Demerara.
The killing they are accused of committing took place on July 22, 2026, in Diamond, another community on the East Bank Demerara. The victim has been identified as Yudivian Cardenas Amador Almagro. According to his mother Yusmila Amador, she last heard from her son on July 27, when he told her he was traveling to Brazil. He never contacted her again after that conversation, and no further sightings of him have been reported.
Law enforcement officers took the three suspects into custody in a series of arrests carried out between July 29 and July 30, 2026. The formal murder charge was read to the trio by Magistrate Dylon Bess during the arraignment hearing held at the Diamond/Golden Grove Magistrate’s Court.
As is standard procedure for indictable murder charges in Guyana, the defendants were not required to enter a plea at this initial hearing. Following the reading of the charge, Magistrate Bess ordered the three accused to be remanded into state custody. Their next scheduled court appearance is set for September 21, 2026, when the case will advance to the next phase of legal proceedings.