Cuba Archive - Case 3596

Case ID: 3596

Title: N/A

First name: Jorge Carlos

Last name: Espino Escales

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Jorge Carlos Espino Escarles, Jorge Espino Escales, Jorge Escarle Espino, Jorge del Pino, Jorge Espino Escale, Jorge Espinosa Escalada, Jorge Espino Escala, Jorge Carlos Espino Escalada

Age: 41

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: Day:4 / Month:11 / Year:1922

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:1 / Month:11 / Year:1963

Citizenship: Cuba

Last known address: Parque #14, Nuevo Vedado

Last known city: La Habana

Last known province-TOD: La Habana

Last known province current: Ciudad de La Habana

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: N/A

Sentence details: Capital punishment

Arrest or detention at time of death: Yes

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: Ranch in Pinar del Rio, where he worked

How long imprisoned/detained: Around three and a half months

Death attributed to: Castro regime

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: N/A

Case description:

Member of the resistance who helped plan an attempt on Fidel Castro's life. He was turned in by an informer and detained in Pinar del Río, where he owned two ranches, El Sabino and La Americana. At his trial, he was sentenced to death on charges of counterrevolution and CIA involvement. He was led to his execution right after his appea, after midnight. His sister followed his coffin and saw the location of his tomb at Colón Cemetery, in Havana.  He left a wife and 4-year old son.
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Miembro de la resistencia que ayudó a planear un atentado contra la vida de Fidel Castro. Fue entregado por un informante y detenido en Pinar del Río, donde era dueño de dos fincas, El Sabino y La Americana. En su juicio, fue condenado a muerte por cargos de contrarrevolución y participación con la CIA. Luego de su ejecución por el pelotón de fusilamiento en La Cabaña poco después de la medianoche, su hermana siguió el ataúd y pudo confirmar la ubicación de su tumba en el Cementerio Colón, en La Habana. Dejó esposa e hijo de 6 años.

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Violation Status: Confirmed with primary 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: - Anti-Castro insurgent or resistance member

Affiliations: - RCA - Resistencia Civica AntiComunista

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Jorge Carlos Espino Escales