Cuba Archive - Case 3877

Case ID: 3877

Title: N/A

First name: Marciano

Last name: Bello Martínez

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Marino Martínez, Mariano Martínez, Marcial Bello Martínez, Marciano Martínez Bello, Marciano Bello Maertinez, Narciso Bello Martínez

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:19 / Month:4 / Year:1961

Citizenship: Cuba

Last known address: Central Andino, Cabañas

Last known city: N/A

Last known province-TOD: Pinar del Río

Last known province current: Pinar del Río

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: N/A

Location of death - city: N/A

Location of death province - at TOD: Pinar del Río

Location of death province - current: Pinar del Río

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: Yes

Docket Number: 83 of April 18, 1961 (Pinar del Río)

Sentence details: Capital punishment by firing squad

Arrest or detention at time of death: Yes

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: Pinar del Río province

How long imprisoned/detained: Less than two months

Death attributed to: Castro regime

Death attribution detail: N/A

Associated Event: Anti-Castro insurgency/resistance

Case description:

Member of five-person team captured after a clandestine landing from overseas (Key West, Florida) on March 9, 1961 at Bahía Honda, province of Pinar del Río. The men belonged to the opposition group MIRR (Movimiento Insurreccional de Recuperacion Revolucionaria) and planned to join the resistance fighting against the Castro government. The judicial sentence (of death by firing squad) states that they were bearing arms but had not engaged in any armed actions before being captured. First Lt. Enrique Montes de Oca presided over the revolutionary tribunal that sentenced them to death.
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Miembro de un grupo de 5 personas capturados después de un aterrizaje clandestino desde el extranjero (Key West, Florida) el 9 de marzo de 1961 en Bahía Honda, provincia de Pinar del Río. Los hombres pertenecían al grupo opositor MIRR (Movimiento Insurreccional de Recuperación Revolucionaria) y planeaban unirse a la resistencia que luchaba contra el gobierno de Castro. La sentencia judicial (de muerte por pelotón de fusilamiento) establece que llevaban armas pero no habían participado en ninguna acción armada antes de ser capturados. El primer teniente Enrique Montes de Oca presidió el tribunal revolucionario que los sentenció a muerte.

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 52, has him killed in combat in the Escambray Mountains in November 1962.  New York Times, 22 March 1961, p. 12, column 5, has him landing in Cabañas, Pinar del Río province on 03/21/1961.  Conte Aguero, 1962, p. 54, has him executed by firing squad on 09/16/1961.  Beruvides, 1993, p. 141; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 36; and Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 31, also report him as Marciano Martínez Bello.  Ruíz, 1972, p. 82; Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil, 1965, p. 15; WAQI-Radio Mambí, pp. 36 and 56; Gómez-Estrada, 1990, pp. 139-140; Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 30; Instituto de la Memoria Histórica Cubana contra el Totalitarismo, 2002. p. 10; and Circuito Sur, July 2002, pp. 11 and 51, report him as a rebel killed 10/1/1962 in the Escambray.  Encinosa, 1989, pp. 78 and 139; Beruvides, 1993, p. 92; Ruíz, 1972, p. 82; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil, 1965, p. 15; WAQI-Radio Mambí, pp. 36 and 56; Gómez Estrada, 1990, pp. 139-140; Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 30; Instituto de la Memoria Histórica Cubana contra el Totalitarismo, 2002, p. 10; and Circuito Sur, July 2002, pp. 11 and 51, report the victim as Marcial Bello Martínez (name also reported as Marciano Bello Maertinez and Marciano Martínez Bello), a 26-year-old former Rebel Army officer, anti-Castro insurgent and prisoner last living in Cabañas, province of Pinar del Río, executed by firing squad on April 19, 1961, in the city of Pinar del Río, on docket 83 of 1961, after being captured while leading an infiltration group that landed from overseas in Bahía Honda, province of Pinar del Río, on March 21, 1961 to start a guerrilla operation.  New York Times, 22 March 1961, p. 12, column 5, has him landing in Cabañas, Pinar del Río province on 03/21/1961.  Conte Aguero, 1962, p. 54, has him executed by firing squad on 09/16/1961. Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 30; Beruvides, 1993, p. 92; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; and Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 11, all report a Narciso Bello Martínez executed 19 April 1961 (docket no. 83 of 1961) in Pinar del Río after being captured as part of an infiltration group that landed from overseas in Bahía Honda, province of Pinar del Río, on March 21, 1961 to start a guerrilla operation.

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

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: - Case 2607: Gilberto Betancourt Chacón - Case 2608: Eligio Caleb Surí Goicochea - Case 2631: August K. Mc Nair - Case 2615: Francisco Javier García Guardarrama

Case Record - Marciano Bello Martínez