DOCUMENTED VICTIMS OF CHÉ GUEVARA IN CUBA FROM 1957 TO 1959
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Free Society Project, Inc.
December 1, 2004
From: Armando M. Lago, Ph.D., Cuba.
The Human Cost of Social Revolutions,
Unedited manuscript pending publication (2005), pp. 347-348.
The exact number of Che’s Cuban victims has not been independently verified. The number of deaths attributed to Che varies and includes executions he committed personally as well as death warrants he ordered and/or issued. In his book "Yo Soy El Che!" journalist Luis Ortega, who knew Che, reports that he sent 1,897 men to the firing squad. Daniel James, in turn, writes in "Che Guevara: A Biography" that Che acknowledged ordering "several thousand" executions in the first few years of the Castro regime. Dr. Lago has documented over 4,000 deaths in Cuba, mostly firing squad executions, during the first three years after Fidel Castro’s takeover (1959-1962), period during which Che Guevara is known to have been one of the Castro government’s chief executioners. In addition, combat deaths or killings perpetrated in other countries where Che led guerrilla operations -such as Bolivia and Congo- have not been tallied.
The following list is by no means exhaustive and only includes cases for which historic reference is available. Names are cited as reported - in some cases only an alias or a surname is known. Dates and additional details for most of these killings are provided in Dr. Lago’s book.
14 executed by Che in the Sierra Maestra during the anti-Batista guerrilla struggle (1957-1958):
1. ARISTIDIO
2. MANUEL CAPITÁN
3. JUAN CHANG
4. “BISCO” ECHEVARRÍA
5. ECHEVARRÍA BROTHER #1
6. ECHEVARRÍA BROTHER #2
7. EUTIMIO GUERRA
8. DIONISIO LEBRIGIO
9. JUAN LEBRIGIO
10. “EL NEGRO” NÁAPOLES
11. “CHICHO” OSORIO
12. ONE UNIDENTIFIED TEACHER (“EL MAESTRO)
13.-14. TWO UNIDENTIFIED PEASANTS
*Most of these victims were peasants thought to be collaborating or giving information to members of Cuba’s Armed Forces loyal to General Batista.
10 executed in Santa Clara at Che’s orders in only two days (January 1959):
1. RAMÓN ALBA
2. JOSÉ BARROSO
3. JOAQUÍN CASILLAS
4. FÉLIX CRUZ
5. ALEJANDRO GARCÍA OLAYÓN
6. HÉCTOR MIRABAL
7. J. MIRABAL
8. FÉLIX MONTANO
9. CORNELIO ROJAS
10. VILALLA
156 executed at La Cabaña Fortress prison at Che Guevara’s orders*:
1. VILAU ABREU
2. HUMBERTO AGUIAR
3. GERMÁN AGUIRRE
4. PELAYO ALAYÓN
5. JOSÉ LUIS ALFARO
6. PEDRO ALFARO
7. MARIANO ALONSO
8. JOSÉ ALVARO
9. ANIELLA
10. MARIO ARES POLO
11. JOSÉ RAMÓN BACALLAO
12. CEVERINO BARRIOS
13. EUGENIO BÉCQUER
14. FRANCISCO BÉCQUER
15. RAMÓN BISCET
16. ROBERTO CALZADILLA
17. EUFEMIO CANO
18. JUAN CAPOTE FIALLO
19. ANTONIO CARRALERO
20. GERTRUDIS CASTELLANOS
21. JOSÉ CASTAÑO QUEVEDO
22. RAÚL CASTAÑO
23. EUFEMIO CHALA
24. JOSÉ CHAMACE
25. JOSÉ CHAMIZO
26. RAÚL CLAUSELL
27. ÁNGEL CLAUSELL
28. DEMETRIO CLAUSELL
29. JOSÉ CLAUSELL
30. ELOY CONTRERAS
31. ALBERTO CORBO
32. EMILIO CRUZ
33. JUAN FELIPE CRUZ
34. ORESTES CRUZ
35. HUMBERTO CUEVAS
36. CUNY
37. ANTONIO DE BECHE
38. MATEO DELGADO
39. ARMANDO DELGADO
40. RAMÓN DESPAIGNE
41. JOSÉ DÍAZ CABEZAS
42. ANTONIO DUARTE
43. RAMÓN FERNÁNDEZ OJEDA
44. RUDY FERNÁNDEZ
45. FERRÁN ALFONSO
46. SALVADOR FERRERO
47. VICTOR FIGUEREDO
48. EDUARDO FORTE
49. UGARDE GALÁN
50. RAFAEL GARCÍA MUÑIZ
51. ADALBERTO GARCÍA
52. ALBERTO GARCÍA
53. JACINTO GARCÍA
54. EVELIO GASPAR
55. ARMADA GIL Y DIEZ CABEZAS
56. JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ MALAGÓN
57. EVARISTO GONZÁLEZ
58. EZEQUIEL GONZÁLEZ
59. SECUNDINO GONZÁLEZ
60. RICARDO GRAO
61. BONIFACIO GRASSO
62. RICARDO JOSÉ GRAU
63. OSCAR GUERRA
64. JULIÁN HERNÁNDEZ
65. FRANCISCO HERNÁNDEZ LEYVA
66. ANTONIO HERNÁNDEZ
67. GERARDO HERNÁNDEZ
68. OLEGARIO HERNÁNDEZ
69. SECUNDINO HERNÁNDEZ
70. JESÚS INSUA
71. ENRIQUE IZQUIERDO
72. OSMÍN JORRÍN
73. SILVINO JUNCO
74. ENRIQUE LA ROSA
75. IGNACIO LASAPARLA
76. JESÚS LAZO
77. ARIEL LIMA LAGO
78. RAÚL LÓPEZ VIDAL
79. ARMANDO MAS
80. ENERLIO MATA
81. ELPIDIO MEDEROS
82. JOSÉ MEDINAS
83. JOSÉ MESA
84. FIDEL MESQUÍA
85. JUAN MILIÁN
86. FRANCISCO MIRABAL
87. LUIS MIRABAL
88. ERNESTO MORALES
89. PEDRO MOREJÓN
90. DR. CARLOS MUIÑO, MD.
91. CÉSAR NECOLARDES ROJAS
92. VICTOR NECOLARDES ROJAS
93. JOSÉ NUÑEZ
94. VITERBO O'RREILLY
95. FÉLIX OVIEDO
96. MANUEL PANEQUE
97. PEDRO PEDROSO
98. RAFAEL PEDROSO
99. DIEGO PÉREZ CUESTA
100. JUAN PÉREZ
101. DIEGO PÉREZ CRELA
102. JOSÉ POZO
103. EMILIO PUEBLA
104. ALFREDO PUPO
105. SECUNDINO RAMÍREZ
106. RAMÓN RAMOS
107. PABLO RAVELO
108. RUBÉN REY
109. MARIO RISQUELME
110. FERNANDO RIVERA
111. PABLO RIVERA
112. MANUEL RODRÍGUEZ
113. MARCOS RODRÍGUEZ
114. NEMESIO RODRÍGUEZ
115. PABLO RODRÍGUEZ
116. RICARDO RODRÍGUEZ
117. JOSÉ SALDARA
118. PEDRO SANTANA
119. SERGIO SIERRA
120. JUAN SILVA
121. FAUSTO SILVA
122. ELPIDIO SOLER
123. JESÚS SOSA BLANCO
124. RENATO SOSA
125. SERGIO SOSA
126. PEDRO SOTO
127. OSCAR SUÁREZ
128. RAFAEL TARRAGO
129. TEODORO TELLEZ CISNEROS
130. FRANCISCO TELLEZ
131. JOSÉ TIN
132. FRANCISCO TRAVIESO
133. LEONARDO TRUJILLO
134. TRUJILLO
135. LUPE VALDÉS BARBOSA
136. MARCELINO VALDÉS
137. ANTONIO VALENTÍN
138. MANUEL VÁZQUEZ
139. SERGIO VÁZQUEZ
140. VERDECIA
141. DÁMASO ZAYAS
*15 additional executions were reported by The New York Times (on 2/6/59, 2/8/59, 3/16/59, and 4/2/59), but names are unknown. All reported executions at La Cabaña took place without affording the victims - former Batista officers, soldiers, police officers, and government officials- fair trials and due process of law.
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TRUTH RECOVERY ARCHIVE ON CUBA
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