Cuba Archive - Case 5865

Case ID: 5865

Title: Cabo

First name: Manuel

Last name: Miras Mierez

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Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Manuel Mira Mieres

Age: N/A

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:26 / Month:7 / Year:1953

Citizenship: N/A

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: Santiago de Cuba

Last known province-TOD: Oriente

Last known province current: Santiago de Cuba

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: Hoapital Civil Saturnino Lora

Location of death - city: Santiago de Cuba

Location of death province - at TOD: Oriente

Location of death province - current: Santiago de Cuba

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: N/A

Docket Number: N/A

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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: Anti-Batista Resistance / Rebel Army

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: 1953 Attack on Moncada Barracks (Santiago)

Case description:

Military musician, a patient in the hospital adjacent Moncada Barracks shot in the head as he looked out a window during the revolutionary forces attack on the military facility. Two other persons died in the same circumstances. It was later claimed that the attacking rebels had murdered them, but Manuel Bartolomé, director of the Bartolomé Funeral Parlor in Santiago de Cuba, where all the attack victims were taken, reported that the bodies had fatal bullet wounds and no signs of knife wounds or mutilations.
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Músico militar que era un paciente en el hospital adyacente al Cuartel Moncada en Santiago de Cuba, murió de un disparo disparo en la cabeza mientras miraba por la ventana durante el ataque de las fuerzas revolucionarias a las instalaciones militares. Otras dos personas murieron en las mismas circunstancias. Más tarde, se afirmó que los rebeldes atacantes los habían asesinado, pero Manuel Bartolomé, director de la funeraria Bartolomé en Santiago de Cuba, donde se llevaron a todas las víctimas del ataque, informó que los cuerpos tenían heridas de bala fatales y no había signos de heridas de cuchillo o mutilaciones.

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Violation Status: Reported: Likely / Somewhat reliable source(s)

Cause of Death: - Combat / Violence: civilian casualty

Occupations: - Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations - Protective Service Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Civilian casualty / Bystander

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Manuel Miras Mierez