Cuba Archive - Case 5585

Case ID: 5585

Title: N/A

First name: Ricardo

Last name: Ulloa Olivera

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Claudio Ulloa Olivera, Ricardo Ulloa, Ricardo Ulloa Betancourt, Enrique Ulloa

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Single

Date of death/disappearance: Day:21 / Month:12 / Year:1964

Citizenship: Cuba

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: Los Palacios

Last known province-TOD: Pinar del Río

Last known province current: Pinar del Río

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: Guanito Prison

Location of death - city: San Juan y Martínez

Location of death province - at TOD: Pinar del Río

Location of death province - current: Pinar del Río

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: Yes

Docket Number: 708, May 20, 1964

Sentence details: N/A

Arrest or detention at time of death: Yes

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: Guanito Prison, Pinar del Río

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:

Clarinada, diciembre 2008, reports him executed by firing squad at La Cabaña Fortress prison on 12/24/1964.  United States Information Agency, 1993, Year 1963; and  Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994, report him executed January 1963.  Beruvides, 1993, p. 182, has him assassinated in 1965 at Kilo 5 1/2 prison in Pinar del Río. Lasalle, 1995. United States Information Agency, 1993, Year 1965; Beruvides, 1993, p. 182; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 83; Nuestra Cuba, 1998, pp. 80 and 87; and Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 85, all report a Claudio Ulloa Olivera executed on conspiracy charges on 10/17/1965 at La Cabaña Fortress prison.United States Information Agency, 1993, Year 1963; and Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994 report a Rafael Ulloa, member of the Frente Unido Occidental, executed in Artemisa, Pinar del Río in 1963. Encinosa, 1994, p. 178: and Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994, both report an Enrique (Henry) Ulloa, member of the Frente Unido Occidental, infiltrated with Gilberto Rodríguez San Román and captured near San Juan y Martínez, province of Pinar del Rio, and executed on 5/16/1964. G. González-Infante, Rostros de la guerrilla, p. 64, reports the date of execution as 12/17/1964. Efemérides Cubanas, http://www.ueppc.com/?page_id=4178, reports him executed on 12/17/1964. Comité Internacional de ex-Presos Políticos Cubanos, reports him executed on Dec. 17, 1964.

Violation Status: Confirmed with primary source(s)

Cause of Death: - Execution: by firing squad

Occupations: N/A

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Anti-Castro insurgent or resistance member

Affiliations: - Frente Unido Occidental (FUO)

Other Victims Same Event: - Case 5584: Daniel Montero Camallea

Case Record - Ricardo Ulloa Olivera