Cuba Archive - Case 4577

Case ID: 4577

Title: N/A

First name: Ramón

Last name: Díaz Calderin

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Ramón Díaz, Ramón Díaz Cabrera, Ramón Díaz Calderón

Age: N/A

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:22 / Month:4 / Year:1961

Citizenship: Cuba

Last known address: N/A

Last known city: N/A

Last known province-TOD: La Habana

Last known province current: N/A

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: Rius Rivera Regimental Army Barracks

Location of death - city: Pinar del Río

Location of death province - at TOD: Pinar del Río

Location of death province - current: Pinar del Río

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: Rius Rivera Regimental Army Barracks

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:

WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 38, reports a Ramón Díaz Calderín executed by firing squad in 1961. Beruvides, 1993, p. 108; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 33; and Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 24, all report a Ramón Díaz Calderín, executed at the Rius Rivera Regimental Army Barracks of Pinar del Río April 23, 1963. Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil, 1965, p. 19, reports a Ramón Díaz Calderín  executed by firing squad at La Cabaña Fortress prison in Havana. Beruvides, 1993, p. 110; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 25; and WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 20, all report a Ramón Diaz executed February 25, 1963 in Jaguey Grande, Matanzas.
Beruvides, 1993, p. 108; Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994; and Ruíz, 1972, p. 88, all report a Ramón Díaz Calderón, member of the Constitutional Armed Forces of Cuba, executed (on charges of conspiracy against the powers of the state) April 23, 1961 at the Rius Rivera Regimental Army Barracks in Pinar del Río (Docket no. 62 of 1961). Instituto de la Memoria Histórica Cubana, 2002, p. 8, reports a Ramón Díaz executed by firing squad in the city of Pinar del Río on 3/30/1961.  Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 25, reports a Ramón Díaz executed by firing squad in the city of Pinar del Río on 04/24/1961.  United States Information Agency, 1993, Year 1960; and Cuban American National Foundation, Quilt of Fidel Castro's Genocide, 1994, report a Ramón Díaz Calderón, also reported as Ramón Díaz Calderín, an officer in the pre-Castro constitutional army of Cuba last living in Havana Vieja, province of La Habana (now Ciudad de La Habana), executed by firing squad at La Cabaña Fortress prison, Havana, in 1960.  Beruvides, 1993, p. 108, reports him assassinated in May 1962.  Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil, 1965, p. 19, reports him executed by firing squad in April 1963.

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

Cause of Death: - Execution: by firing squad

Occupations: - Military Specific Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Armed Forces: served Batista government

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: - Case 3543: Armando Escoto Aloy - Case 2950: Julio A. Valdés Montano

Case Record - Ramón Díaz Calderin