Cuba Archive - Case 11894

Case ID: 11894

Title: manifestante, preso político

First name: Lázaro

Last name: García Ríos

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: N/A

Age: 47

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: Year:1979

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:22 / Month:1 / Year:2026

Citizenship: N/A

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: N/A

Last known province-TOD: N/A

Last known province current: N/A

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: Combinado del Este prison

Location of death - city: La Habana

Location of death province - at TOD: Ciudad de La Habana

Location of death province - current: Ciudad de La Habana

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: N/A

Docket Number: N/A

Sentence details: 20 yrs

Arrest or detention at time of death: N/A

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: N/A

How long imprisoned/detained: N/A

Death attributed to: Castro regime

Death attribution detail: Death in prison while in State custody. Abandonment and negligence; denial of necessary medical care. / Muerte en prisión bajo custodia del Estado. Abandono y negligencia; denegación de atenció médica requerida.

Associated Event: N/A

Case description:

Political prisoner who died from inadequate medical care amidst appalling prison conditions. He was serving a 20-year sentence since 2022 for the alleged crimes of enemy propaganda and sabotage. According to his mother, Lázaro was transferred from the Dr. Salvador Allende Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital (known as La Covadonga) in Havana to the Combinado del Este prison after heart surgery, without having fully recovered. The Cuban Prison Documentation Center had registered multiple complaints about his declining health (he was a cardiovascular patient with hypertension and visible malnutrition) and could not verify that he was receiving timely and adequate medical attention. In addition, he had recently undergone open-heart surgery, in which aortic and mitral valves were implanted—a procedure from which he never fully recovered. His mother reported the lack of information from authorities regarding her son's death.

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Preso político que falleció debido al deterioro de su salud por la falta de una atención médica adecuada y las pésimas condiciones de encarcelamiento. Cumplía una sanción de 20 años de privación de libertad, impuesta en 2022 por los supuestos delitos de propaganda enemiga y sabotaje. Según el testimonio de su madre, Lázaro fue trasladado desde el Hospital Docente Clínico Quirúrgico Dr. Salvador Allende (conocido como La Covadonga), en La Habana, a la prisión Combinado del Este tras una operación cardíaca sin haberse recuperado plenamente. El Centro de Documentación de Prisiones Cubanas había registrado múltiples denuncias sobre el deterioro de su estado de salud (era un paciente cardiovascular, con hipertensión y visible desnutrición), sin poder constatar que recibiera atención médica oportuna y adecuada. Recientemente, se le había realizado una operación de corazón abierto con la válvula aórtica y mitral implantadas, de la cual nunca se había recuperado totalmente. Su madre reportó la falta de información sobre el fallecimiento de su hijo.

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Violation Status: Reported: Highly likely / Highly reliable source(s)

Cause of Death: - Medical condition/Denial of medical care

Occupations: N/A

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Prisoner / Detainee: Political cause

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Lázaro García Ríos