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Equal
opportunity killing: Victims under age 18
of the Castro regime in Cuba
Summary
Report, May 5, 2004. Truth
Recovery Archive on Cuba.
DEATHS
REPORTED TO DATE: 94
FIRING
SQUAD EXECUTIONS: 22
EXTRAJUDICIAL
ASSASSINATIONS: 32
ASSASSINATED
IN EXIT ATTEMPTS: 24
MEDICAL
NEGLIGENCE IN PRISON: 1
ACCIDENTAL
DEATHS - EXIT ATTEMPTS: 3
INSURGENTS
KILLED IN COMBAT: 12
UNIDENTIFIED
DEATHS IN ASYLUM - SEEKING EXIT ATTEMPTS
BY SEA (“BALSEROS)”: 10,926 – 12,916
Formula
Estimate
Because
research work is in progress, totals change
as the investigation progresses. Due
to the totalitarian nature of the Castro
regime, many more cases are likely unreported
/ undocumented.
SELECTED
CASES
Date,
location, and cause of death are
summarized
below for selected cases. Additional details,
data, and sources are available for the
majority of these cases.
MINORS
EXECUTED OR ASSASSINATED
MARIO
ALFONSO. AGE 16.
27-09-62,
HAVANA. ASSASSINATED. HE CAME ACROSS
A MILITIAMAN BEATING A MAN AND ATTEMPTED
TO INTERVENE. WHEN ANOTHER MILITIAMAN
ASKED HIM FOR HIS NAME AND ADDRESS, HE REPLIED
HE LIVED IN MIAMI WITH HIS FATHER, THE MILITIAMAN
TOOK OUT HIS PISTOL AND RESPONDED: “YOU
DIRTY REVOLUTIONARY WORM, THIS IS WHAT YOU
DESERVE!,” SHOOTING 8 BULLETS INTO HIM.
CARLOS
R. ARAUJO NUÑEZ. AGE17.
28-01-94,
STREET IN FRONT OF THE “INGLATERRA” HOTEL
IN HAVANA. ASSASSINATED. SHOT BY
A POLICEMAN FOR NOT STOPPING HIS MOTORCYCLE
WHEN ORDERED TO HALT.
JULIO
BÁEZ. AGE15.
27-03-93,
CORNER OF MARIA AUXILIADORA AND PORVENIR
STREETS, HAVANA. ASSASSINATED. SHOT
BY A COLONEL OF CUBA’S DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR
(MININT).
PEDRO
BERMÚDEZ. AGE16.
29-06-74,
SANTA CLARA, LAS VILLAS. EXECUTED BY
FIRING SQUAD.
MIGUEL
CALDERÓN ESPÍN. AGE17.
26-04-91,
“KILO 7" PRISON IN THE CITY OF CAMAGUEY.
ASSASSINATED BY PRISON GUARDS.
TWO
CARDONA BROTHERS. AGES 5 & 6.
09-12-61,
ESMERALDA, CAMAGUEY PROVINCE. ASSASSINATED.
SHOT BY REVOLUTIONARY POLICE WHO STORMED
THEIR HOME, KILLING THE ENTIRE FAMILY.
RAMÓN
DÍAZ LLANES. AGE14.
08-07-62,
SCHOOL YARD, BALDOR HIGH SCHOOL, VEDADO,
HAVANA. ASSASSINATED BY THE CHIEF
OF VEDADO’S COMMUNIST YOUTH, WHO SHOT HIM
IN FRONT OF HIS CLASSMATES WHEN HE CAME
TO THE AID OF A STUDENT BEING BEATEN BY
THE MAN.
DITSAN
DIÉGUEZ TORRES. AGE17.
03-08-92,
SAN GERMÁN SUGAR MILL, HOLGUÍN. ASSASSINATED.
SHOT BY A POLICEMAN FOR STEALING SUGAR FROM
THE SUGAR MILL WAREHOUSE.
JUNIOR
FLORES DÍAZ. AGE 17.
SUMMER
1995, PUNISHMENT CELL IN VALLE GRANDE PRISON,
EL MORADO, HAVANA PROVINCE. DIED IN PRISON,
DENIED MEDICAL ATTENTION. VOMITING
INCESSANTLY, HIS CALLS FOR HELP WERE IGNORED.
HE WAS FOUND DEAD IN A POOL OF VOMIT AND
BLOOD.
MÁXIMO
GALÁN ZALDÍVAR. AGE17.
20-01-79,
G-2 STATE SECURITY OFFICE IN GUANTÁNAMO.
LEADER OF A YOUTH GROUP OF ROCK-AND-ROLL
FANS. ASSASSINATED WHILE UNDER ARREST
FOR IDEOLOGICAL DEVIATION.
MÓNICA
GARCÍA. AGE 15.
08-09-93,
REPARTO POEY, HAVANA. ASSASSINATED.
SHOT BY A POLICEMAN WHO INDISCRIMINATELY
FIRED AT A GROUP OF YOUNGSTERS TAUNTING
HIM.
EVELIO
G. GIL DIEZ CABEZAS. AGE 17.
04-12-59,
LA CABAÑA FORTRESS, HAVANA. EXECUTED
BY FIRING SQUAD.
ARMANDO
GONZÁLEZ PERAZA. AGE14.
02-12-61,
LAS VILLAS PROVINCE. ASSASSINATED BY
POLICE, WHO CLAIM HE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
JOSÉ
RAMÓN GUIT CRUZ. AGE16.
03-71,
CITY OF CAMAGUEY. ASSASSINATED. FOR
PAINTING HIS NICKNAME AS GRAFFITI, HE
WAS ARRESTED ON FALSE CHARGES OF PAINTING
ANTI-CASTRO SLOGANS. HIS ARREST RADICALIZED
HIM AND HE SOON BEGAN TO ORGANIZE PUBLIC
DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST THE CASTRO REGIME.
ARRESTED SEVERAL TIMES, HE WAS FINALLY
SHOT DEAD BY POLICE. HIS FUNERAL TURNED
INTO A MASSIVE PUBLIC PROTEST; THE GOVERNMENT
SENT TANKS TO THE STREETS.
SIMÓN
HEREDIA ÁVAREZ. AGE13.
SUMMER
1993. STREETS OF CESPEDES, CIEGO DE AVILA.
ASSASSINATED. SHOT BY POLICE WHEN
HE COMPLAINED OF UNNECESSARY POLICE FORCE
IN HANDLING A CROWD OF CITIZENS IN FRONT
OF A GOVERNMENT FOOD STORE. HUNDREDS OF
CITIZENS DEMONSTRATED AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT
AT HIS FUNERAL.
RIGOBERTO
HERNÁNDEZ ESTÉVEZ. AGE 17. 09-03-61.
LA CABAÑA FORTRESS, HAVANA. MENTALLY RETARDED
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT & JANITOR AT THE
“INSTITUTO DE EDUCACION ACTIVA” IN HAVANA.
EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD. FALSELY
ACCUSED OF CONSPIRACY.
RAMIRO
T. JAVIER. AGE 5.
08-60,
CUNEIRA, GUANTÁNAMO. ASSASSINATED BY
POLICE.
REYNALDO
LÓPEZ. AGE 17.
10-86,
HAVANA PROVINCE. ASSASSINATED. SOLDIER
IN THE CUBAN ARMED FORCES SHOT FOR ATTEMPTING
TO TAKE LEAVE WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION.
ISMAEL
LORENTE BRUNET. AGE 17.
LÁZARO
R. ORDALES. AGE: 17.
ARMANDO
PIÑEIRO GARCÍA. AGE: 17.
23-02-63,
STREET IN FRONT OF THE “PERLA DE CUBA”
HOTEL, SANCTI-SPIRITUS, LAS VILLAS. ASSASSINATED.
THEY WERE PART OF A GROUP OF YOUNGSTERS
IN FRONT OF A HOTEL SHOT BY A REVOLUTIONARY
MILITIAMAN WIITHOUT PROVOKATION.
RENÉ
MARTÍNEZ. AGE 14.
13-06-62,
CITY OF MATANZAS. ASSASSINATED WHILE
UNDER ARREST, SHOT BY A CASTRO MILITIAMAN.
LEONARDO
MATAS PICH. AGE16.
30-01-62,
JUVENILE PRISON IN GUANAJAY, PINAR DEL RIO.
ASSASSINATED IN PRISON.
CRISTÓFORO
MEDINA FANTONI. AGE17.
06-79,
MANAGUATO CONCENTRATION CAMP FOR MILITARY
DESERTERS. CAMAGUEY PROVINCE. ASSASSINATED.
SHOT WHILE TRYING TO ESCAPE.
LÁZARO
MORERA MARTÍNEZ. AGE16.
1993,
FINCA DESENGAÑO, AGUICA, MATANZAS PROVINCE.
ASSASSINATED. KILLED BY THE POLICE
CHIEF OF AGUICA, WHO INDISCRIM-INATELY SHOT
AT A GROUP OF YOUNGSTERS.
LUIS
PÉREZ ANTÚNEZ. AGE 17.
31-03-61,
LA CABAÑA FORTRESS IN HAVANA. EXECUTED
BY FIRING SQUAD.
JUAN
MANUEL PINTO MENÉNDEZ. AGE 16.
23-09-60,
STREETS OF GUANABACOA, HAVANA. ASSASSINATED
BY POLICE.
ANDRÉS
QUINTANA VELÁZQUEZ. AGE 14.
28-05-93,
MATANZAS PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL. ASSASSINATED.
WENT TO AID HIS STEP-FATHER, BEING
KICKED BY TWO POLICEMEN; DIED 3 DAYS AFTER
ONE OF THEM SHOT HIM.
RAMÓN
RIVERO. AGE 16.
13-10-65,
G-2 STATE SECURITY OFFICE IN HAVANA. ASSASSINATED
UNDER ARREST BY STATE SECURITY.
ELIO
RODRÍGUEZ. AGE 13.
22-08-61,
LA VÍBORA, HAVANA. ASSASSINATED
BY POLICE, WHO CLAIM HE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
JUAN
RODRÍGUEZ. AGE 17.
10-75,
HAVANA PROVINCE. SOLDIER IN THE CUBAN ARMED
FORCES. EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
FOR ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE HIS POST TO VISIT
HIS MOTHER.
RAÚL
TORRES PÉREZ. AGE 17.
03-06-62,
CALIXTO GARCIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, HAVANA.
ASSASSINATED. DEVELOPED CANCER
WHILE SERVING PRISON FOR POLITICAL REASONS
AND WAS NOT GIVEN MEDICAL CARE. AFTER FINALLY
BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE HOSPITAL, HE ASKED
HIS MILITIA GUARD TO ALLOW HIM TO GO TO
THE BATHROOM. DENIED PERMISSION, BUT UNABLE
TO CONTROL HIS URGE, HE ATTEMPTED TO STAND
UP AND WALK. THE MILITIAMAN PISTOL-WHIPPED
HIM IN THE FACE, THREW HIM TO THE FLOOR,
AND SHOT HIM.
CALIXTO
A. VALDÉS MENDOZA. AGE 17. 11-09-63.
LA CABAÑA FORTRESS IN HAVANA. EXECUTED
BY FIRING SQUAD. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY
AGAINST THE POWERS OF THE STATE. HIS FATHER,
JUAN VALDÉS TERÁN, WAS SENTENCED IN THE
SAME TRIAL TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON.
JORGE
VARAS BILEVES. AGE 16.
04-04-62,
STATE SECURITY HEADQUARTERS, HAVANA. ASSASSINATED
WHILE UNDER ARREST. CUBAN AUTHORITIES CLAIM
HE COMMITTED SUICIDE.
MANUEL
VIDAL ARGUDÍN. AGE 16.
07-09-60,
STREETS OF HAVANA. ASSASSINATED.
SHOT IN THE HEAD BY A STATE SECURITY AGENT
FOR RESISTING ARREST. HE WAS UNARMED.
MINORS
EXECUTED OR ASSASSINATED FOR ATTEMPTING
TO FLEE CUBA
OWEN
DELGADO TEMPRANA. AGE 15.
23-03-81,
VILLA MARISTA, HAVANA. ASSASSINATED.
CUBAN SECURITY AGENTS STORMED THE EMBASSY
OF ECUADOR, WHERE HE HAD TAKEN REFUGE WITH
HIS FAMILY. TAKEN TO STATE SECURITY HEADQUARTERS,
HE WAS BEATEN TO DEATH.
IOAMIS
GONZÁLEZ MANZINI. AGE16.
01-07-93,
COJIMAR BEACH, HAVANA PROVINCE. ASSASSINATED.
SHOT BY CUBAN FRONTIER GUARDS WHILE SWIMMING
TOWARDS A BOAT THAT HAD GONE TO CUBA TO
PICK HIM UP.
THREE
LAZO CHILDREN
1971,
CARIBBEAN SEA. ASSASSINATED. THEY
DISAPPEARED INTO THE OCEAN AFTER THEIR BOAT
WAS RAMMED BY A CUBAN NAVY VESSEL. THEIR
MOTHER WAS DEVOURED BY SHARKS.
ANGELO
LÓPEZ RABÍ. AGE15.
1971,
LA CABAÑA FORTRESS, HAVANA. EXECUTED
BY FIRING SQUAD WITH HIS FRIEND NELSON
RODRÍGUEZ (18 YEARS OLD) AFTER AN UNSUCCESSFUL
ATTEMPT TO HIJACK A CUBANA AIRLINES FLIGHT
TO FLEE CUBA.
ALEXIS
E. MÁRQUEZ RÍOS. AGE 6.
20-10-99,
CUBAN WATERS, 12 KM. NORTH OF HAVANA. ASSASSINATED.
DROWNED WITH HIS MOTHER WHEN THEIR BOAT
WAS RAMMED AND SUNK BY A CUBAN COAST GUARD
VESSEL.
ORLANDO
TRAVIESO JR. AGE17.
03-91,
CUBAN TERRITORIAL WATERS, NORTH OF HAVANA.
ASSASSINATED. KILLED BY CUBAN NAVY
MACHINE GUN FIRE.
EUSEBIO
SILVA. AGE 17.
08-12-63.
ASSASSINATED BY CUBAN AUTHORITIES
WHILE TRYING TO REACH THE U.S. NAVAL BASE
AT GUANTÁNAMO BAY.
CANIMAR
RIVER MASSACRE, 06-07-80
DROWNED,
TOGETHER WITH 52 OTHERS, WHEN THE CUBAN
NAVY SANK THE HIJACKED EXCURSION BOAT “XX
ANIVERSARIO”:
LILIAN
GONZÁLEZ LÓPEZ. AGE 3.
MARISOL
MARTINEZ ARAGONÉS. AGE 17.
OSMANY
ROSALES VALDÉZ. AGE 9.
MARISEL
SAN JUAN ARAGONÉS. AGE11.
TUGBOAT
MASSACRE, 13-07-94
DROWNED,
TOGETHER WITH 33 OTHERS, WHEN CUBAN COAST
GUARD SANK THE HIJACKED TUGBOAT “13 DE MARZO”:
ÁNGEL
ABREU, AGE 3
GISELLE
BORJES, AGE 4
JUAN
MARIO GUTIÉRREZ, AGE 11
CARIDAD
LEYVA, AGE 4
HELEN
MARTÍNEZ, AGE 6 MOS.
MAYULIS
MÉNDEZ, AGE 16
JOSÉ
NICOL, AGE 3
YOUSEL
PÉREZ, AGE 11
YASSEL
PERODÍN, AGE 11
CINDY
RODRÍGUEZ, AGE 2
YOLINDIS
RODRÍGUEZ, AGE 2
ELIEZER
SUÁREZ, AGE 11
MINORS
KILLED ATTEMPTING TO
FLEE CUBA
MAIKEL
FONSECA. AGE: 16.
ALBERTO
E. VÁZQUEZ. AGE: 17.
24-12-2000,
CUBAN ARMY CADETS. DIED AS STOWAWAYS
IN THE WHEEL COMPARTMENT OF A BOEING ON
A HAVANA-LONDON FLIGHT.
MANUEL
WHITAKER. AGE: 16.
1993.
KILLED BY A CUBAN SURFACE LANDMINE
WHILE TRYING TO REACH THE U.S. NAVAL BASE
AT GUANTÁNAMO.
MINORS
EXECUTED FOR PARTICIPATING IN ANTI-CASTRO
INSURGENCE
REBEL
FIGHTERS, MOSTLY FARMERS, EXECUTED BY FIRING
SQUAD:
FELICITO
ACOSTA (16), 28-12-64.
RUBÉN
ACOSTA (15), 04-11-64.
JUAN
DEVORA BLANCO (17), 04-01-62.
LORENZO
CLAVIJO ESPINO (16), 28-12-62.
JUSTO
GARCÍA JR. (16), 22-07-64.
LUIS
GONZÁLEZ (14), 28-12-62.
CARLOS
MACHADO (15), 08-07-63.
RAMÓN
MACHADO (15), 09-08-63.
EFRAÍN
MANSO BRIZUELAS (16), 1965. LORENTINO
PELÁEZ JR (17), 09-11-63. EMETERIO
RODRÍGUEZ GARCÍA (17), 09-11-62.
ANTONIO
RUÍZ ACOSTA (14), 31-09-61.
TITO
SARDIÑAS (17), 31-08-63
(EXECUTED
FOR COLLABORATING WITH ANTI-CASTRO REBELS)
JESÚS
CARRILLO (16), 05-11-63
(CAPTURED
AND SHOT BY CASTROITE MILITIAS)
EXECUTED
BY FIRING SQUAD FOR INFILTRATING INTO CUBA:
ADOLFO
REYES DE LA CRUZ (17), 12-10-60.
MARIO
RODRÍGUEZ (17), 16-12-65.
MINORS
KILLED IN COMBAT (ANTI-CASTRO
INSURGENTS)
MOST
WERE SMALL FARMERS (CAMPESINOS):
GUILLERMO
ÁLVAREZ SÁNCHEZ. AGE 17. 29-05-66.
INFILTRATION.
ALEJANDRO
BELIZ. AGE 17. 1961.
ESCAMBRAY REBEL.
ELIAS
BORGES. AGE 17. 15-08-63.
ESCAMBRAY REBEL.
ORLANDO
COLLAZO. AGE 17. 1962.
ESCAMBRAY REBEL.
RACIEL
GUERRA GUMARRÓN. AGE 15. 1964,
REBEL.
OSMUNDO
LEÓN GUERRA. AGE 14. 01-03-63,
ESCAMBRAY REBEL.
LUIS
MONTALVO. AGE 17. 1963,
ESCAMBRAY REBEL.
MIGUEL
PICHS. AGE 17.1961.
ESCAMBRAY REBEL.
OSCAR
F. RODÓN CAMINERO. AGE 16. 17-04-61,
BAY OF PIGS INVASION.
STALIN
ROVIRA GUERRA. AGE 17. 12-03-61,
ESCAMBRAY REBEL.
SEVERINO
URETA. AGE 16. 1964,
ESCAMBRAY REBEL.
LUIS
VALDESPINO. AGE 17. 1961,
ESCAMBRAY REBEL.
This
information is taken from Dr. Armando Lago’s
upcoming book Cuba: The Human Cost of Social
Revolution. This work is part of a project
documenting the loss of life for political
and military reasons during the Cuban Revolution.
To date, over 8,200 cases have been documented
of executions, assass-inations and disappearances
by the Castro regime. Total deaths from
exit attempts by sea (“balseros”) are estimated
at around 78,000.
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Recovery Archive
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