Cuba Archive - Case 5383

Case ID:5383

Title:N/A

First name:Ladislao

Last name:González Benítez

Suffix:N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as:Ladislado González Benito

Age:N/A

Gender:Male

Date of Birth:N/A

Civil Status:Unknown

Date of death/disappearance:Day:28 / Month:5 / Year:1964

Citizenship:N/A

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: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?: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-Batista insurgency/resistance

Case description:

According to Cuban government media, he was executed with three other men after having been captured off the north coast of Las Villas province while seeking to infiltrate Cuba in a heavily armed vessel from Miami that had first halted briefly in Anguilla, a Bahamas islet. The four, described as “agents of the Central Intelligence Agency” with Felipe Vidal Santiago as their leader, had reportedly been sighted by Cuban fishermen, who advised the Cuban Coast Guard, the men threw their weapons overboard before being captured.  The group had been captured in March 1964 and interrogated and tortured for weeks before their execution. 
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Según los medios del gobierno cubano, fue ejecutado junto con otros tres hombres después de haber sido capturados frente a la costa norte de la provincia de Las Villas cuando intentaban infiltrarse en Cuba en una embarcación fuertemente armada procedente de Miami que primero se había detenido brevemente en Anguila, un islote de las Bahamas. Los cuatro, descritos como “agentes de la Agencia Central de Inteligencia” con Felipe Vidal Santiago como su líder, habrían sido avistados por pescadores cubanos, quienes informaron a la Guardia Costera cubana, los hombres arrojaron sus armas por la borda antes de ser capturados en marzo de 1964.  Fueron interrogados y torturados durante semanas antes de su ejecución.

Sources: Conflict of Evidence:

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: - Other

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: - Case 4450:Felipe Vidal Santiago - Case 5385:Alfredo Valdés Linares - Case 5384:Elías Rivera Bello

Case Record - Ladislao González Benítez