Cuba Archive - Case 2262

Case ID: 2262

Title: N/A

First name: Lorenzo

Last name: Rodríguez Montelier

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Lorenzo Rodríguez Mustelier, Rodríguez Lorenzo, Lorenzo Rodríguez, Lorenzo Montelier Rodríguez, Lorenzo Mustelier Rodríguez, Lorenzo Rodríguez Montelier,

Age: N/A

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:13 / Month:3 / Year:1961

Citizenship: Cuba

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: N/A

Last known province-TOD: Las Villas

Last known province current: N/A

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: Escambray Mountains

Location of death - city: N/A

Location of death province - at TOD: Las Villas

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: No

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: N/A

How long imprisoned/detained: N/A

Death attributed to: Castro regime

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: Anti-Castro insurgency - Escambray uprising

Case description: Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Gómez Estrada, 1990, p. 235, has him executed by firing squad.  Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 74; and Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 17, have him killed in combat on March 13, 1961.  Beruvides, 1993, p. 170; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 26; and Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 75, report him executed at La Cabaña prison in Havana on 3-14-1961.  Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 75, has him executed by firing squad at La Cabaña Fortress prison in February 1961.
Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994, reports a Lorenzo Rodríguez, Anti-Castro insurgent killed in combat at Sancti Spíritus, Las Villas province, in 1960.
Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994, reports a Jesús Lorenzo Rodríguez, alias Cleves, killed at La Cabaña prison in 1981.
Beruvides, 1993, p. 146; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; United States Information Agency, 1993, Year 1961; Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 56; Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 56; WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 60; Encinosa, 1989, p. 160; and Beruvides, 1993, p. 167, all report a Lorenzo Montelier Rodríguez, or Lorenzo Mustelier Rodríguez, or Loenzo Rodríguez Montelier, Montelier Rodríguez, executed on charges of guerrilla insurgency in Pitajones, Las Villas province, on July 22, 1961.
Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 56; Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 56; and WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 60, have the victim executed by firing squad in Santa Clara, Las Villas on July 22, 1961.  Encinosa, 1989, p. 160 has him killed in combat in Las Villas. Beruvides, 1993, p. 167, has the victim killed in combat in the Escambray Mountains, province of Las Villas on March 14, 1961.

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

Cause of Death: - Combat: Fatality or Missing in Action

Occupations: - N/A

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Anti-Castro insurgent or resistance member

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Lorenzo Rodríguez Montelier