Cuba Archive - Case 5340

Case ID: 5340

Title: N/A

First name: Alberto

Last name: Delgado Delgado

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: El hombre de Maisinicu ("The man from Maisinicu")

Name also reported as: N/A

Age: 31

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: Day:10 / Month:12 / Year:1932

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:28 / Month:4 / Year:1964

Citizenship: N/A

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: N/A

Last known province-TOD: Las Villas

Last known province current: N/A

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: Finca Maisinicu

Location of death - city: Trinidad

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: N/A

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: N/A

How long imprisoned/detained: N/A

Death attributed to: Anti-Castro Resistance / Non-state actors

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: Anti-Castro insurgency - Escambray uprising

Case description:

Member of Cuba's counterintelligence service who had infiltrated the Escambray rebels and was responsible for the capture and execution of several anti- Communist rebels. He was hanged from a tree by members of Commander Cheito León Jiménez's anti-Castro guerrilla band who discovered his true identity and a plot he was part of to kill rebels. He had informed on the location of Escambray guerrilla commander Emilio Carretero Escajadillo and guerrilla band leader Maro Borges. The Cuban government produced a movie on these events.
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Miembro de la contrainteligencia cubana que se había infiltrado en los rebeldes del Escambray y fue responsable de la captura y el fusilamiento de varios alzados anti-castristas. Fue colgado de un árbol por miembros de la banda guerrillera del comandante Cheito León Jiménez, quien descubrió su verdadera identidad y una trama de la que formó parte para matar a los rebeldes. Había informado sobre la ubicación del comandante guerrillero del Escambray Emilio Carretero Escajadillo y del líder guerrillero Maro Borges. El gobierno cubano produjo una película sobre estos eventos.

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

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

Cause of Death: - Politically-motivated killing by non-state agent(s)

Occupations: - Management Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Collaborator / informant / paramilitary (political)

Affiliations: - Former Rebel Army soldier

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Alberto Delgado Delgado