Cuba Archive - Case 11897

Case ID: 11897

Title: N/A

First name: Ledián

Last name: Padrón Guevara

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: N/A

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Single

Date of death/disappearance: Day:25 / Month:2 / Year:2026

Citizenship: N/A

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: N/A

Last known province-TOD: N/A

Last known province current: N/A

Last known country: United States

Location death-address: N/A

Location of death - city: N/A

Location of death province - at TOD: N/A

Location of death province - current: N/A

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: No

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: N/A

How long imprisoned/detained: N/A

Death attributed to: Castro regime

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: N/A

Case description:

Cuba's Ministry of the Interior reported him killed during an alleged armed infiltration during a confrontation with a Cuban border guard vessel around a nautical mile northeast of El Pino canal, Falcones cay, Villa Clara province. He was part of a group of ten reportedly attempting to enter Cuba on a boat, registered in Florida, to carry out a resistance operation against the Cuban dictatorship. His body was cremated by the Cuban government without family authorization.

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El Ministerio del Interior de Cuba lo reportó muerto en una presunta infiltración armada tras un enfrentamiento con una embarcación de guardafronteras de Cuba a una milla náutica al noreste del canal El Pino, en Cayo Falcones, provincia de Villa Clara. Formaba parte de un grupo de diez que, según se informa, intentaba ingresar a Cuba en una embarcación registrada en Florida en una operación de la resistencia contra la dictadura cubana. El gobierno cubano cremo sus restos sin autorización de la familia.

Sources:

Identifican desde Florida al joven Ledián Padrón, uno de los fallecidos en enfrentamiento armado frente a costas cubanas, Ciber Cuba, Feb. 26, 2026. Photo: https://www.facebook.com/ledian.padron.73/photos. Funeral sin cuerpo para joven muerto en enfrentamiento en Corralillo tras cremación por autoridades cubanas, CiberCuba, Mar. 10, 2026.m Mario J. Pentón, Exclusiva: habla hermano de la única víctima identificada por Cuba en la lancha de Florida, https://x.com/MarioJPenton/status/2027057854914641947. Andrea Rodríguez, Dánica Coto and Matthew Lee, Cuba says 4 killed in speedboat shooting were attempting to infiltrate the country, Havana, Associated Press (AP),Feb. 26, 2026. La Habana califica de "terroristas" a los tripulantes de una lancha, mientras otros los llaman "patriotas”, Madrid,, 14ymedio, Feb. 26, 2026. Michel Ortega has been identified among the four Cubans killed in Villa Clara, CiberCuba, Feb. 26, 2026. Identifican a participantes de infiltración armada con fines terroristas frustrada en Villa Clara, MININT, granma.cu, Feb. 25, 2026.  Informa Ministerio del Interior sobre incidente con lancha rápida al norte de Villa Clara, Juventud Rebelde, Feb. 25, 2026.

Conflict of Evidence:

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

Cause of Death: - N/A or Undetermined

Occupations: N/A

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Anti-Castro insurgent or resistance member

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: - Case 11898: Héctor Duani Cruz Correa - Case 11895: Michel Ortega Casanova - Case 11896: Pavel Alling Peña - Case 11899: Roberto Alvarez

Case Record - Ledián Padrón Guevara