Cuba Archive - Case 6112

Case ID: 6112

Title: N/A

First name: Diosdado

Last name: Aquit Manrique

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: El Chino

Name also reported as: Diosdado Aquino Manrique, Diosdado Aquit

Age: 33

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:17 / Month:12 / Year:1966

Citizenship: N/A

Last known address: Prado Street No. 512

Last known city: Cruces

Last known province-TOD: Las Villas

Last known province current: Cienfuegos

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: Isla de Pinos Prison

Location of death - city: Isla de Pinos

Location of death province - at TOD: La Habana

Location of death province - current: Isla de la Juventud

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: Isla de Pinos Prison

How long imprisoned/detained: N/A

Death attributed to: Castro regime

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: N/A

Case description: Sources:

Testimony of brother, at Memorial Cubano, Miami, February 2004.  Written testimony of fellow prisoner and comrade in arms, 12/30/2007. Valladares, 1985, p. 256. Beruvides, 1993, p. 88. Eduardo de Juan, 1997, p. 279. Montaner, 1984, p. 265. Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994. Presidio Político Cubano, 1997, pp.115 and 155. WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 98. Gómez Estrada, 1990, p. 212. Encinosa, 1994, p. 214. Icosov, 1982, p. 366. Pardo Mazorra, 1992, p. 564. Pérez Coloma, 1996. Encinosa, 1994, p. 214. Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 99. Díaz Rodríguez, 1995, p. 105. Instituto de la Memoria Histórica Cubana contra el Totalitarismo, 2002 p. 26. Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 7. Telephone testimony of ex-political prisoner and brother, 12 December 2002. Organization of American States, Inter-American Commission on Human Righs, Fifth Special Report, 1976, p. 3. L. González Infante, Rostros-Faces, p. 20. El Presidio Político de Isla de Pinos Page 264. Efemérides Cubanas, http://www.ueppc.com/?page_id=4178. Comité Internacional de ex-Presos Políticos Cubanos, via e-mail, Dec. 17, 2021.

Conflict of Evidence:

Violation Status: Confirmed with primary source(s)

Cause of Death: - Extrajudicial killing

Occupations: - Management Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Prisoner / Detainee: Political cause

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Diosdado Aquit Manrique