Elderly man found safe after going missing in Santiago de Cuba

The 75-year-old Cuban man, Juan Gallo Bellmissing since May 23 Santiago de Cubawas found safe last Saturday, his family confirmed.

“He's stable. When they found him he looked scared, but now he's talking loudly and everything,” his niece, who initially reported him missing, told the reporter. Yosmany Mayeta. Gallo Bell, who suffers from diabetes And senile dementiawas last seen on Thursday at 9:30 a.m. at the corner of his house located in Siboney Road at kilometer 1, Loma de San Juanand was found near the Buildings J in the José Martí neighborhoodaccording to an independent journalist on Facebook.

The family had clarified that despite his senile dementia, “he is not an aggressive person”. Reports of missing persons Cuba have become increasingly frequent in recent months, as have the posting of requests for help on social media to gather information, all against a backdrop of increasing violence in the country.

Some of these systematic reports of disappearances concern people suffering from pathologies or disabilities which make them more likely to disappear. Recently, a happy ending was reported for an 18-year-old autistic young man from Matanzas who had been away from home for almost a week and was finally found safe.