Cuba Archive - Case 1714

Case ID: 1714

Title: N/A

First name: Luis Orfilio

Last name: Méndez Pérez

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Lucio Orlirio Méndez Pérez, Lucio Orlirio Méndez Pérez, Luis Orlirio Méndez Pérez, Orlando Méndez Pérez, Luis Méndez

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:18 / Month:1 / Year:1961

Citizenship: N/A

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: Caimito del Guayabal

Last known province-TOD: La Habana

Last known province current: La Habana

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: La Cabaña Fortress prison

Location of death - city: Havana

Location of death province - at TOD: La Habana

Location of death province - current: Ciudad de La Habana

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: Yes

Docket Number: N/A

Sentence details: N/A

Arrest or detention at time of death: Yes

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: La Cabaña Fortress prison

How long imprisoned/detained: N/A

Death attributed to: Castro regime

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: N/A

Case description: Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Many sources list the date of execution as November 30, 1960. J. Clark, Mito y Realidad, 1994, p. 156, reports his name as Luis Orlando Méndez Pérez. Beruvides, 1993, p. 144; WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 88; and Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 55, all report a Luis Méndez killed in Caimito de Guayabal, Havana, on August 11, 1961. Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 55 reports a Luis Méndez executed by firing squad in Caimito del Guayabal on November 8, 1961.  Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994, reports a Luis Arturo Méndez disappeared at sea in 1988.
Beruvides, 1993, p. 158; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; and Gómez Estrada, 1980, pp. 241-242, report a Luis Pérez, insurgent, executed at El Condado prison in 1961. Beruvides, 1993, p. 156; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 30; Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 67; and Ruíz, 1972, p. 65, all report a Luis Pérez Antunez, age 17, insurgent, executed March 17, 1961 at La Cabaña Fortress prison. Ruíz, 1972, p. 65, has a Luis Pérez Antunezassassinated in his prison cell at La Cabaña Fortress prison. Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994, reports a Luis Pérez, anti-Castro insurgent killed in combat in 1962. Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994, also reports a Luis Pérez killed in combat in 1961. Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994, has a Luis Pérez killed in combat in the Escambray Mountains, province of Las Villas.  Gómez Estrada, 1980, pp. 241-242, has a Luis Pérez executed by firing squad in 1962.

Violation Status: Confirmed with primary source(s)

Cause of Death: - Execution: by firing squad

Occupations: - N/A

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Anti-Castro insurgent or resistance member - Attempting exit

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: - Case 2067: William Le Santé Nacer - Case 2079: Julio Casielles Amigó

Case Record - Luis Orfilio Méndez Pérez