Cuba Archive - Case 9230

Case ID: 9230

Title: N/A

First name: Ramón

Last name: Bernal Arteaga

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: N/A

Age: 20

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: Day:21 / Month:4 / Year:1937

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:11 / Month:12 / Year:1957

Citizenship: Cuba

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: Santa Clara

Last known province-TOD: Las Villas

Last known province current: Villa Clara

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: Sierras

Location of death - city: Santa Clara

Location of death province - at TOD: Las Villas

Location of death province - current: Villa Clara

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: No

Docket Number: N/A

Sentence details: N/A

Arrest or detention at time of death: No

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: N/A

How long imprisoned/detained: N/A

Death attributed to: Batista regime

Death attribution detail: Army troops

Associated Event: N/A

Case description:

One of four members of the anti-Batista resistance who died in a shootout with Batista forces. He and two others had gone to Santa Clara to establish contact with other revolutionaries and had been staying for three days in an uninhabited house in the Chambery district. A man known as "Negro Castellón," infiltrated in the revolutionary ranks, had reported on their location, with the triumph of the revolution, he was reportedly judged and executed. A local member of the resistance was meeting with the group when the Army attacked and also died in the shootout.
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Uno de cuatro miembros de la resistencia anti-Batista que murió en un tiroteo con las fuerzas de Batista. Él y otros dos habían ido a Santa Clara para establecer contacto con otros revolucionarios y habían estado alojados durante tres días en una casa deshabitada en el distrito de Chambery. Un hombre conocido como "Negro Castellón", infiltrado en las filas revolucionarias, había informado sobre su ubicación, con el triunfo de la revolución, según informes, fue juzgado y ejecutado. Un miembro local de la resistencia se estaba reuniendo con el grupo cuando el Ejército atacó y también murió en el tiroteo. Con el triunfo de la revolución, el "Negro" Castellón habría sido juzgado y ejecutado.

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Violation Status: Reported: Highly likely / Highly reliable source(s)

Cause of Death: - Combat: Fatality or Missing in Action

Occupations: - Food Preparation and Serving Related Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Anti-Batista insurgent or resistance member

Affiliations: - Movement 26 of July

Other Victims Same Event: - Case 9280: Nicolás Fleites Navarro - Case 6695: Pedro Colina Alcuria - Case 7454: Antonio Manuel Padrón Morrell

Case Record - Ramón Bernal Arteaga