Cuba Archive - Case 4138

Case ID: 4138

Title: N/A

First name: Dionisio

Last name: Gonzalo García-Rubio

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Dionicio González, Dionisio Gonzalo García, Dionisio García

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:3 / Month:4 / Year:1963

Citizenship: N/A

Last known address: El Pesquero de Aguada de Pasajeros, Zapata swamp.

Last known city: Aguada de Pasajeros

Last known province-TOD: Las Villas

Last known province current: Cienfuegos

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: El Pesquero de Aguada de Pasajeros, Zapata swamp

Location of death - city: N/A

Location of death province - at TOD: Las Villas

Location of death province - current: Matanzas

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: Armed Forces: FAR (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias)

Associated Event: Anti-Castro insurgency - Escambray uprising

Case description:

Small farmer and Escambray guerrilla rebel member of the Asturianitos guerrilla band led by his brother Filiberto and killed in combat together with him. Two other brothers were injured. Small farmers, they had joined the armed uprising against the Castro regime.  Their father was assassinated by Castro militias a month earlier at their home in front of his wife, their property was confiscated and all family members had been evacuated from the area. The brothers, whose bodies were never returned to the family for burial, had dual citizenship, Cuban and Spanish (their father had been born in Asturias, Spain).
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Pequeño agricultor y guerrillero del Escambray, miembro de la guerrilla conocida como Los Asturianitos que lideraba su hermano Filiberto y muerto en combate junto a él. Otros dos hermanos resultaron heridos. Pequeños agricultores, se habían sumado al levantamiento armado contra el régimen de Castro. Su padre había sido asesinado por milicias de Castro un mes antes en su casa frente a su esposa, sus propiedades fueron confiscadas y todos los miembros de la familia habían sido forzados a irse de la zona. Los hermanos, cuyos cuerpos nunca fueron devueltos a la familia para el entierro, tenían doble nacionalidad, cubana y española (su padre había nacido en Asturias, España).

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

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

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

Occupations: - Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: - Brother/Sister in Case 4542: Filiberto Gonzalo García-Rubio - Parent in Case 4461: José Ramón Gonzalo Teja

Victim Type: - Anti-Castro insurgent or resistance member

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Dionisio Gonzalo García-Rubio