Cuba Archive - Case 2069

Case ID: 2069

Title: N/A

First name: Carlos Manuel

Last name: Matos García

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Manuel García

Age: N/A

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:17 / Month:1 / Year:1961

Citizenship: N/A

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: N/A

Last known province-TOD: La Habana

Last known province current: N/A

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: La Cabaña Fortress prison

Location of death - city: Havana

Location of death province - at TOD: La Habana

Location of death province - current: Ciudad de La Habana

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: Yes

Docket Number: 333 of 1960

Sentence details: Capital punishment - sentence of Jan. 21, 1961

Arrest or detention at time of death: Yes

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: La Cabaña Fortress prison

How long imprisoned/detained: N/A

Death attributed to: Castro regime

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: N/A

Case description: Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil, 1965, p. 28, has him assassinated at Dos Caminos Isle.  Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 54, Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 10,  Instituto de la Memoria Histórica Cubana contra el Totalitarismo, 2002, p. 6, has him executed by firing squad on January 18, 1961. Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 34, reports a Manuel García executed by firing squad at San Severino Castle prison in October 1964. Beruvides, 1993, p. 119; WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 56; Beruvides, 1994, p. 167; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; and Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 34, all report a Manuel García dying at Kilo 5 1/2 prison of unknown cause in Pinar del Río province on July 17, 1986. Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994, reports a Manuel García assassinated in prison in 1986. Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 34, reports a Manuel García dying in prison 5 1/2 in August 1986. Beruvides, 1993, p. 120, reports a Manuel García, executed at San Severino Castle prison, Matanzas, on August 25, 1964. Un día como hoy, Comité Internacional de ex-Presos Políticos Cubanos, e-mail of Jan. 20, 2022, reports him executed on Jan. 20, 1961.

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

Cause of Death: - Execution: by firing squad

Occupations: - Business and Financial Operations Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Political opponent: member of opposition group

Affiliations: - Union of Christian Workers - Former member of the Batista opposition group 26th of July Movement

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Carlos Manuel Matos García