Cuba Archive - Case 3767

Case ID: 3767

Title: N/A

First name: René Laureano

Last name: Pérez Izquierdo

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Laureano René Pérez, Lauriano René Pérez, Lauriano R. Pérez Izquierdo, Laureano Pérez, René Pérez, René Izquierdo

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:30 / Month:8 / Year:1962

Citizenship: Cuba

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: Guines

Last known province-TOD: La Habana

Last known province current: La Habana

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: N/A

Location of death - city: Bolondrón

Location of death province - at TOD: Matanzas

Location of death province - current: Matanzas

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: N/A

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: Anti-Castro insurgency/resistance

Case description: Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Beruvides, 1993, p. 157, reports him executed in Bolondr?n, province of Matanzas.  Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil, 1965, p. 31, reports him executed by firing squad in G?ines, province of Havana.  WAQI-Radio Mamb?, p. 70, reports him executed by firing squad in Santiago de Cuba, province of Oriente on September 2, 1962.  WAQI-Radio Mamb?, p. 69, reports him executed by firing squad in Bolondr?n, province of Matanzas on August 30, 1962.  WAQI-Radio Mamb?, p. 77, also reports him executed by firing squad on September 23, 1962.  Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 67, reports him executed by firing squad in Bolondr?n, province of Matanzas on August 30, 1962.  Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 70, reports him executed by firing squad in Santiago de Cuba on September 2, 1962.  Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 76, reports him executed by firing squad in La Caba?a Fortress prison on September 23, 1962.  Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 68, reports him assassinated in Bolondr?n, province of Matanzas on August 30, 1962. Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 66; and Beruvides, 1993, p. 159, report him as Ren? P?rez, executed at La Caba?a on 9/23/1962.  Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 66; and Beruvides, 1993, p. 158, report him as Laureano Ren? P?rez, alias Lauriano Ren? P?rez, executed by firing squad in Santa Clara, province of Las Villas (now Villa Clara) on February 9, 1962.  E. Ros, El clandestinaje, 2006, p. 297, reports the victim as Laureano P?rez, one of five anti-Castro insurgents operating for two years in Matanzas, executed by firing squad on August 30, 1962.
Beruvides, 1993, p. 159; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; United States Information Agency, 1993, Year 1974;  WAQI-Radio Mamb?, p. 74; and Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 66, all report a Ren? P?rez, executed on charges of sabotage at La Caba?a prison September 16, 1974.
Encinosa, 1989, p. 149; Beruvides, 1993, p. 131; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 19; and Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 18 all report a René Izquierdo, anti-Castro insurgent executed at La Cabaña prison Feb. 19, 1962. Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 45, reports a René Izquierdo executed by firing squad at La Cabaña prison March 1962.

Violation Status: Confirmed with primary source(s)

Cause of Death: - Execution: by firing squad

Occupations: - Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations

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 3774: Filiberto Coto Gómez

Case Record - René Laureano Pérez Izquierdo