Cuba Archive - Case 2894

Case ID: 2894

Title: N/A

First name: Juan Alberto

Last name: Mayo Hernández

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: N/A

Age: N/A

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:21 / Year:1962

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: N/A

Location death-address: Gibara

Location of death - city: Holguín

Location of death province - at TOD: Oriente

Location of death province - current: Holguín

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: N/A

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: Anti-Castro insurgency/resistance

Case description:

Anti-Castro insurgent captured with several other insurgents by a contingent of 600 militiamen after an informant had alerted of their planned gathering. Several died in the firefight that ensued, lasting about an hour and a half. The rest of the group was executed by firing squad almost immediately and without a trial, as ordered by Lieutenant Marcaño López of the G-2 State Security Department. The government took all the family's possession's and threw them into the street.
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Insurgente anticastrista capturado con varios compañeros por un contingente de 600 milicianos después de que un informante había alertado de una reunión que tenían planificada. Varios murieron en el tiroteo que se produjo a continuación, que duró aproximadamente una hora y media. El resto del grupo fue ejecutado por fusilamiento casi de inmediato y sin juicio, según ordenó el teniente Marcaño López del Departamento de Seguridad del Estado G-2. El gobierno tomó todas las posesiones de la familia y las arrojó a la calle.

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Violation Status: Confirmed with primary source(s)

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

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 3648: Juan Mayo Salinas - Case 3649: Lilo Mayo Salinas - Case 3650: Radamés Mayo Salinas - Case 3651: Reynaldo Mayo Salinas - Case 2886: Bladimir Mayo Hernández - Case 3659: Pedro Toledo - Case 3653: Carlos Toledo Betancourt - Case 3654: Pedro Antonio Toledo Betancourt - Case 3647: Juan León Rodríguez - Case 3645: Genaro M. León Martínez - Case 3645: Genaro M. León Martínez - Case 3646: Genaro León Jr.

Case Record - Juan Alberto Mayo Hernández