Cuba Archive - Case 11898

Case ID: 11898

Title: N/A

First name: Héctor Duani

Last name: Cruz Correa

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Héctor Duardy Cruz Cabrera

Age: 42

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Married

Date of death/disappearance: Day:25 / Month:2 / Year:2026

Citizenship: N/A

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: Homestead, Florida

Last known province-TOD: N/A

Last known province current: N/A

Last known country: United States

Location death-address: N/A

Location of death - city: N/A

Location of death province - at TOD: N/A

Location of death province - current: N/A

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: No

Docket Number: N/A

Sentence details: N/A

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: N/A

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: N/A

Case description:

Cuba's Ministry of the Interior reported him killed during an alleged armed infiltration during a confrontation with a Cuban border guard vessel around a nautical mile northeast of El Pino canal, Falcones cay, Villa Clara province. He was part of a group of ten reportedly attempting to enter Cuba on a boat, registered in Florida as FL7726SH, to carry out a resistance operation against the Cuban dictatorship. He left behind a wife and a 5-year-old son. He was performing maintenance work at a home on Big Pine Key in the Florida Keys, from whose marina the boat involved in the incident was reported stolen.

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El Ministerio del Interior de Cuba lo reportó muerto en una presunta infiltración armada tras un enfrentamiento con una embarcación de guardafronteras de Cuba a una milla náutica al noreste del canal El Pino, en Cayo Falcones, provincia de Villa Clara. Formaba parte de un grupo de diez que, según se informa, intentaba ingresar a Cuba en una embarcación registrada en Florida (FL7726SH) en una operación de la resistencia contra la dictadura cubana.  Dejó una esposa y un hijo de 5 años. Realizaba labores de mantenimiento en una vivienda de Big Pine Key, en los Cayos de Florida, desde cuya marina fue reportada como robada la embarcación implicada en el incidente.

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

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

Cause of Death: - N/A or Undetermined

Occupations: - Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Anti-Castro insurgent or resistance member

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: - Case 11895: Michel Ortega Casanova - Case 11896: Pavel Alling Peña - Case 11897: Ledián Padrón Guevara - Case 11899: Roberto Álvarez Ávila

Case Record - Héctor Duani Cruz Correa