Cuba Archive - Case 312

Case ID: 312

Title: N/A

First name: Liván

Last name: Duvergel Mesa

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: N/A

Age: 39

Gender: N/A

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:19 / Month:6 / Year:2013

Citizenship: N/A

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: La Habana

Last known province-TOD: Ciudad de La Habana

Last known province current: Ciudad de La Habana

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: Ariza prison, Section 8

Location of death - city: N/A

Location of death province - at TOD: Cienfuegos

Location of death province - current: Cienfuegos

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: Yes

Docket Number: N/A

Sentence details: Was serving a 9-year sentence for "violent robbery"

Arrest or detention at time of death: Yes

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: Ariza prison

How long imprisoned/detained: N/A

Death attributed to: Castro regime

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: N/A

Case description:

Liván was serving a prison sentence for robbery and working in the prison's cement block plant run by the company PROVARI.
He had been having very strong pain in the abdominal/stomach area, yet prison medical personnel dismissed it as high blood pressure. His pain having worsened, fellow prisoners carried him out to the prison clinic; he vomited blood twice along the way and died shortly after arriving. Prison doctors determined he had died of a heart attack, but an autopsy revealed his death was from internal hemorrhage resulting from a perforated liver during surgery. A week earlier, he had been operated for appendicitis at the province's hospital and brought directly back to his cell rather than to the prison clinic. 
Liván was from Havana and had been transferred to Ariza prison in September 2012 from Prison #1580, municipality of San Miguel del Padrón, Havana city.  He was reportedly healthy and well behaved as a prisoner. Fellow prisoners were very upset that he had died of medical negligence.
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Liván cumplía una pena de prisión por robo y trabajaba en la fábrica de bloques de cemento de la prisión a cargo de la empresa PROVARI. Había estado teniendo un dolor muy fuerte en el área abdominal / del estómago, a pesar de eso el personal médico de la prisión le dió de alta alegando que tenía tensión arterial elevada. Su dolor se agravó, los compañeros de prisión lo llevaron a la clínica de la prisión; vomitó sangre dos veces en el camino y murió poco después de llegar. Los médicos de la prisión determinaron que había muerto de un ataque al corazón, pero una autopsia reveló que su muerte fue por hemorragia interna resultante de un hígado perforado durante la cirugía. Una semana antes, había sido operado por apendicitis en el hospital de la provincia y llevado directamente a su celda en lugar de ir a la clínica de la prisión. Liván era de La Habana y había sido trasladado a la prisión de Ariza en septiembre de 2012 de la prisión # 1580, municipio de San Miguel del Padrón, ciudad de La Habana. Según los informes, estaba bien de salud su comportamiento como prisionero era bueno. Los compañeros prisioneros protestaron diciendo que había muerto por negligencia médica.

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: Non-political cause

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Liván Duvergel Mesa