Cuba Archive - Case 8227

Case ID: 8227

Title: N/A

First name: Nicolás

Last name: González Regueiro

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Nicolas González Requier

Age: 42

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:5 / Month:9 / Year:1992

Citizenship: N/A

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: Manuel

Last known province-TOD: Las Villas

Last known province current: Granma

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: Pre Prison

Location of death - city: Santa Clara

Location of death province - at TOD: N/A

Location of death province - current: N/A

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: N/A

Docket Number: N/A

Sentence details: Four years of prison

Arrest or detention at time of death: Yes

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: Santa Clara prison

How long imprisoned/detained: N/A

Death attributed to: Castro regime

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: N/A

Case description:

Political prisoner who was serving a four year prison sentence at Manacas Prison, Santa Clara, for "distributing enemy propaganda" when he developed a duodenal ulcer. He went on a hunger strike to protest the lack of medicine for his condition and his incarceration among common criminals (having refused to wear the uniform of common criminals and left in his underwear). He was transferred to a prison in Santa Clara where his daughter was brought in to pressure him to accept the common prisoner regime. When he returned from the visit, prison guards beat him to death and reported he had committed suicide.
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Preso político que cumplía una condena de cuatro años de prisión en el Penal de Manacas, Santa Clara, por "distribuir propaganda enemiga" y estando en prisión desarrolló una úlcera duodenal. Hizo una huelga de hambre para protestar por la falta de medicamentos para su condición y su encarcelamiento entre delincuentes comunes (habiéndose negado a usar el uniforme de delincuentes comunes y dejado en ropa interior). Fue trasladado a una prisión de Santa Clara donde trajeron a su hija para presionarlo para que aceptara el régimen de presos comunes. Cuando regresó de la visita, los guardias de la prisión lo mataron a golpes e informaron que se había suicidado.

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Violation Status: Confirmed with primary source(s)

Cause of Death: - Extrajudicial killing

Occupations: - N/A

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 - Nicolás González Regueiro