Cuba Archive - Case 4626

Case ID: 4626

Title: N/A

First name: Rolando

Last name: Sousa Cabrisas

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Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Rolando Cabrera Sousa, Ronaldo Cabrisa, Rolando Cabrisas Sousa, Rolando Cabrera Sosa

Age: N/A

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:31 / Month:10 / Year:1963

Citizenship: Cuba

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: N/A

Last known province-TOD: N/A

Last known province current: N/A

Last known country: N/A

Location death-address: N/A

Location of death - city: Camagüey

Location of death province - at TOD: Camagüey

Location of death province - current: Camagüey

Location of death - country: Cuba

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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: N/A

Associated Event: Anti-Castro insurgency/resistance

Case description: Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Beruvides, 2011, Tomo I, p. 72, reports a Rolando Cabrisas Sousa killed in combat October 31, 1963, his death reported in Havana Radio on Nov. 1, 1963. Beruvides, 2011, Tomo I, p. 71, also reports a Rolando Cabrera Sousa killed in combat in Matanzas on October 31, 1963.  Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994, and United States Information Agency, 1993, Year 1962, both report a Rolando Cabrera executed by firing squad in 1962 at Cuyaguateje River Bridge, Pinar del Río, on charges of conspiracy against the powers of the state. Beruvides, 1993, p. 96; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 35; WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 43; and Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 14, all report a Rolando Cabrera Sousa or Rolando Cabrisas Sousa executed in Camaguey on May 12, 1963. Un día como hoy, Comité Internacional de ex-Presos Políticos Cubanos, e-mail of October 23, 2022, reports a Ronaldo Cabrisa, executed in Camagüey on Oct. 23, 1963.

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

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

Occupations: N/A

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Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Anti-Castro insurgent or resistance member

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Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Rolando Sousa Cabrisas