Cuba Archive - Case 2953

Case ID: 2953

Title: N/A

First name: Alberto

Last name: Milián Jorge

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: Berto

Name also reported as: Alberto William Jorge, Alberto W. Jorge, Jorge Alberto, William, Jorge Williams, Alberto Williams, Jorge Alberto Williams, William Alberto Jorge,

Age: N/A

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:5 / Month:11 / 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: Streets of Havana

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?: N/A

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: Castro regime

Death attribution detail: Police

Associated Event: N/A

Case description: Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Written testimony of Antonio Morejón lists the victim as Beto Milián, of Quivicán, assassinated in Infanta and San Lázaro in 1961.  Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 55, Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 39, Beruvides, 1993, p. 144, and Encinosa, 1994, p. 100 have the victim executed by firing squad at La Cabaña Fortress prison on May 11, 1961.
Beruvides, 1993, p. 187. WAQI-Radio Mambí, pp. 16 and 43. Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994. Circuito Sur, July 2002, pp. 48 and 89. Nuestra Cuba, 1998, pp. 27 and 38; all report an Alberto William Jorge  Alberto W. Jorge, or Jorge Alberto, or William, or Jorge Williams, or Alberto Williams, or Jorge Alberto Williams or William Alberto Jorge, November 5, 1961 at El Condado prison, Trinidad.  Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 89, and Nuestra Cuba, 1998, pp. 27 and 38, have an Alberto William Jorge Alberto W. Jorge, or Jorge Alberto, or William, or Jorge Williams, or Alberto Williams, or Jorge Alberto Williams or William Alberto Jorge, executed by firing squad at El Condado prison, Las Villas on April 11, 1961. Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 48, has him executed by firing squad in Santa Clara, Las Villas in February 1961. Un día como hoy, Comité Internacional de ex-Presos Políticos Cubanos, e-mail of Feb. 11, 2022, reports a William Alberto Jorge, executed in La Cabaña Fortress prison on Feb. 11, 1961.  Un día como hoy, Comité Internacional de ex-Presos Políticos Cubanos, e-mail of May 11, 2022, reports him executed on May 11, 1961.

Violation Status: Confirmed with primary source(s)

Cause of Death: - Extrajudicial killing

Occupations: - Military Specific Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Government official (civilian, police, State Security, etc.)

Affiliations: - Movimiento 30 de noviembre

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Alberto Milián Jorge