Cuba Archive - Case 315

Case ID: 315

Title: N/A

First name: Domingo

Last name: Álvarez Martínez

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Digno Álvarez

Age: 39

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:4 / Month:1 / Year:1959

Citizenship: Cuba

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: Manacas

Last known province-TOD: Las Villas

Last known province current: Cienfuegos

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: N/A

Location of death - city: Yaguajay

Location of death province - at TOD: Las Villas

Location of death province - current: Sancti Spíritus

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: N/A

Docket Number: N/A

Sentence details: N/A

Arrest or detention at time of death: Yes

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: N/A

Case description: Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

The following sources other than son list him as Digno Alvarez, with residence and place of death as Manzanillo, Oriente province: Ruiz, 1965, p. 239; United States Information Agency, 1993, year 1959; Beruvides, 1993, p. 87; Cuban Amercan National Foundation, the Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 26; and Montejo, Recuento, Año 1, No. 2, 1975, report him executed in Manzanillo on 1/13/1959. Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 6.; and Bohemia, Año 51, No. 5, 1 February 1959, p. 66, report him executed by firing squad on 01/30/1959. U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Dispatch No. 751, 20 January 1959, p. 3, reports him executed by firing squad on 01/09/1959. Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 5, reports him executed by firing squad in Manzanillo on 01/13/1959. U.S. Department of State, Foreign Service Dispatch No. 82, 19 February 1959, p. 2, reports him executed by firing squad in Manzanillo on 01/07/1959.  Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994, reports a Fidel Alvarez Martínez killed by police in 1992, no location given.

Violation Status: Confirmed with primary source(s)

Cause of Death: - Execution: by firing squad

Occupations: - Military Specific Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Armed Forces: served Batista government

Affiliations: - Freemason

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Domingo Álvarez Martínez