Cuba Archive - Case 7

Case ID: 7

Title: N/A

First name: Aldo

Last name: Cabrera Navarro

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Olivio Cabrera Navarro

Age: N/A

Gender: N/A

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:14 / Month:1 / Year:1959

Citizenship: N/A

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: N/A

Last known province-TOD: Pinar del Río

Last known province current: N/A

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: Guanabaquilla Shooting Range

Location of death - city: Camagüey

Location of death province - at TOD: Camagüey

Location of death province - current: Camagüey

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: Yes

Docket Number: N/A

Sentence details: Ni Dios los Perdonará (city and name of newspaper unknown), Sept. 27, 1963.

Arrest or detention at time of death: Yes

Date of arrest: Day:13 / Month:1 / Year:1959

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: N/A

How long imprisoned/detained: N/A

Death attributed to: Castro regime

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: 1959 Guanabaquilla massacre

Case description:

Private in the pre-Castro Constitutional Army of Cuba executed by firing squad. His brother was also executed.
 Executed with 14 other members of the Constitutional Armed Forces of Cuba two weeks after the revolutionary government arrived in power and a day after Dionisio Suárez, alias “Cepillo,” rounded up 13 members of the Armed Forces that had served under Batista, all from esteemed Camaguey families, and put them through a kangaroo revolutionary trial lasting one hour (held at the Monteagudo Barracks). They were all sentenced to death. Before the execution, Suárez gathered three other members of the Armed Forces who had not had a trial and also had them executed. He reportedly shot the coup d’grace for all 16.
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Soldado del Ejército Constitucional de Cuba pre-Castro ejecutado por un pelotón de fusilamiento. Su hermano también fue ejecutado. Ejecutado con otros 14 miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas Constitucionales de Cuba dos semanas después de la llegada al poder del gobierno revolucionario y un día después de que Dionisio Suárez, alias “Cepillo”, detuviera a 13 miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas que habían servido bajo Batista, todos de conocidas y estimadas familias de Camagüey, y las sometió a un juicio revolucionario de una hora (realizado en el Cuartel Monteagudo). Todos fueron condenados a muerte. Antes de la ejecución, Suárez reunió a otros tres miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas que no habían tenido un juicio y también los hizo ejecutar. Según los informes, disparó el tiro de gracia para los 16.

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Violation Status: Confirmed with primary source(s)

Cause of Death: - Execution: by firing squad

Occupations: - Military Specific Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: - Brother/Sister in Case 461: Alejandro Cabrera Navarro

Victim Type: - Armed Forces: served Batista government

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: N/A

Case Record - Aldo Cabrera Navarro