Cuba Archive - Case 5867

Case ID: 5867

Title: N/A

First name: Natalio

Last name: Hernández Cancio

Suffix: N/A

Aliases: N/A

Name also reported as: Natalio Hernández, Cancio Hernández

Age: 52

Gender: Male

Date of Birth: N/A

Civil Status: Unknown

Date of death/disappearance: Day:4 / Month:10 / Year:1965

Citizenship: N/A

Last known address: Ojo de Agua

Last known city: Manatí

Last known province-TOD: Oriente

Last known province current: Las Tunas

Last known country: Cuba

Location death-address: Boniato prison

Location of death - city: Ciudad de Santiago de Cuba

Location of death province - at TOD: Oriente

Location of death province - current: Santiago de Cuba

Location of death - country: Cuba

Trial held?: Yes

Docket Number: 569 of 1965

Sentence details: Death

Arrest or detention at time of death: Yes

Date of arrest: N/A

Imprisoned/Detained: Location: Boniato prison, Santiago de Cuba

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:

Organization of American States, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Fourth Special Report, Report for 1967, p. 3, reports Holguín as the location of execution. Encinosa, 1989, p. 148, reports him executed in 1964. Nuestra Cuba, 1998, p. 81, also reports him executed by firing squad at La Cabaña Fortress province in Havana on October 4, 1964. Beruvides, 1993, p. 129, and Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 42, report a Natalio Hernández executed by firing squad in Las Piedras, Oriente province, on 4/27/1962. WAQI-Radio Mambí, p. 77; Gómez-Estrada, 1990, p. 173; Beruvides, 1993, p. 126 and 129; Nuestra Cuba, 1998, pp. 70 and 76; and Circuito Sur, July 2002, p. 42, all report a Natalio Hernández, executed on 9/23/1964 at Victoria las Tunas, Oriente province. Beruvides, 1993,  p. 126, reports a Natalio Hernández executed by firing squad in Victoria de Las Tunas, Oriente province in 1965. Efemérides,  Comite internacional de ex-presos políticos cubanos, September 23, 2018, https://www.facebook.com/104687812908329/posts/1980941588616266/ reports a Natalio Hernández assassinated at Boniato Prison on September 23, 1964.

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

Cause of Death: - Execution: by firing squad

Occupations: - Business and Financial Operations Occupations

External Files: N/A

Relatives in Archive: N/A

Victim Type: - Prisoner / Detainee: Unknown cause

Affiliations: N/A

Other Victims Same Event: - Case 5868: Elpidio Vidal Carreño

Case Record - Natalio Hernández Cancio