180 DOCUMENTED VICTIMS OF CH? GUEVARA IN CUBA: 1957 TO 1959
From: Armando M. Lago, Ph.D., Cuba. The Human Cost of Social Revolutions, unedited
Manuscript pending publication. Information provided by the TRUTH RECOVERY ARCHIVE ON CUBA
an undertaking of the FREE SOCIETY PROJECT, INC.
The exact number of Ches Cuban victims has not been verified, but include people he personally
executed and those put to death under his orders. Ches biographers consistently report that he sent
thousands to the firing squad. Over 4,000 deaths are documented to have taken place in Cuba, mostly
firing squad execution, in the first three years after Fidel Castros takeover (1959-1962). Che Guevara
was one of the regimes chief executioners during this period and is said to have acknowledged ordering
"several thousand" executions. All took place without affording the victims fair trials and due process of law.
The following list is not exhaustive and only includes cases for which historic reference is known. Names are
cited as reported; dates and additional details for most are available. Combat deaths caused by Che in Cuba
and killings in countries where he led guerrilla operations have not been tallied.
14 executed by Che in the Sierra Maestra during the anti-Batista guerrilla struggle (1957-1958):
1. ARISTIDIO 2. MANUEL CAPIT?N 3. JUAN CHANG 4. BISCO ECHEVARR?A 5. ECHEVARR?A BROTHER #1
6. ECHEVARR?A BROTHER #2 7. EUTIMIO GUERRA 8. DIONISIO LEBRIGIO 9. JUAN LEBRIGIO 10. EL NEGRO N?POLES
11. CHICHO OSORIO 12. ONE UNIDENTIFIED TEACHER (EL MAESTRO) 13.-14. 2 UNIDENTIFIED PEASANTS
10 executed in Santa Clara at Ches orders in only two days (January 1959):
1. RAM?N ALBA 2. JOS? BARROSO 3. JOAQU?N CASILLAS 4. F?LIX CRUZ 5. ALEJANDRO GARC?A OLAY?N
6. H?CTOR MIRABAL 7. J. MIRABAL 8. F?LIX MONTANO 9. CORNELIO ROJAS 10. VILALLA
156 executed at La Caba?a Fortress prison at Che Guevaras orders:
1. VILAU ABREU 2. HUMBERTO AGUIAR 3. GERM?N AGUIRRE 4. PELAYO ALAY?N 5. JOS? LUIS ALFARO
6. PEDRO ALFARO 7. MARIANO ALONSO 8. JOS? ALVARO 9. ANIELLA 10. MARIO ARES POLO
11. JOS? RAM?N BACALLAO 12. CEVERINO BARRIOS 13. EUGENIO B?CQUER 14. FRANCISCO B?CQUER
15. RAM?N BISCET 16. ROBERTO CALZADILLA 17. EUFEMIO CANO 18. JUAN CAPOTE FIALLO
19. ANTONIO CARRALERO 20. GERTRUDIS CASTELLANOS 21. JOS? CASTA?O QUEVEDO 22. RA?L CASTA?O
23. EUFEMIO CHALA 24. JOS? CHAMACE 25. JOS? CHAMIZO 26. RA?L CLAUSELL 27. ?NGEL CLAUSELL
28. DEMETRIO CLAUSELL 29. JOS? CLAUSELL 30. ELOY CONTRERAS 31. ALBERTO CORBO 32. EMILIO CRUZ
33. JUAN FELIPE CRUZ 34. ORESTES CRUZ 35. HUMBERTO CUEVAS 36. CUNY 37. ANTONIO DE BECHE
38. MATEO DELGADO 39. ARMANDO DELGADO 40. RAM?N DESPAIGNE 41. JOS? D?AZ CABEZAS
42. ANTONIO DUARTE 43. RAM?N FERN?NDEZ OJEDA 44. RUDY FERN?NDEZ 45. FERR?N ALFONSO
46. SALVADOR FERRERO 47. VICTOR FIGUEREDO 48. EDUARDO FORTE 49. UGARDE GAL?N
50. RAFAEL GARC?A MU?IZ 51. ADALBERTO GARC?A 52. ALBERTO GARC?A 53. JACINTO GARC?A
54. EVELIO GASPAR 55. ARMADA GIL Y DIEZ CABEZAS 56. JOS? GONZ?LEZ MALAG?N 57. EVARISTO GONZ?LEZ
58. EZEQUIEL GONZ?LEZ 59. SECUNDINO GONZ?LEZ 60. RICARDO GRAO 61. BONIFACIO GRASSO
62. RICARDO JOS? GRAU 63. OSCAR GUERRA 64. JULI?N HERN?NDEZ 65. FRANCISCO HERN?NDEZ LEYVA
66. ANTONIO HERN?NDEZ 67. GERARDO HERN?NDEZ 68. OLEGARIO HERN?NDEZ 69. SECUNDINO HERN?NDEZ
70. JES?S INSUA 71. ENRIQUE IZQUIERDO 72. OSM?N JORR?N 73. SILVINO JUNCO 74. ENRIQUE LA ROSA
75. IGNACIO LASAPARLA 76. JES?S LAZO 77. ARIEL LIMA LAGO 78. RA?L L?PEZ VIDAL 79. ARMANDO MAS
80. ENERLIO MATA 81. ELPIDIO MEDEROS 82. JOS? MEDINAS 83. JOS? MESA 84. FIDEL MESQU?A
85. JUAN MILI?N 86. FRANCISCO MIRABAL 87. LUIS MIRABAL 88. ERNESTO MORALES 89. PEDRO MOREJ?N
90. DR. CARLOS MUI?O, MD. 91. C?SAR NECOLARDES ROJAS 92. VICTOR NECOLARDES ROJAS 93. JOS? NU?EZ
94. VITERBO O'RREILLY 95. F?LIX OVIEDO 96. MANUEL PANEQUE 97. PEDRO PEDROSO 98. RAFAEL PEDROSO
99. DIEGO P?REZ CUESTA 100. JUAN P?REZ 101. DIEGO P?REZ CRELA 102. JOS? POZO 103. EMILIO PUEBLA
104. ALFREDO PUPO 105. SECUNDINO RAM?REZ 106. RAM?N RAMOS 107. PABLO RAVELO 108. RUB?N REY
109. MARIO RISQUELME 110. FERNANDO RIVERA 111. PABLO RIVERA 112. MANUEL RODR?GUEZ
113. MARCOS RODR?GUEZ 114. NEMESIO RODR?GUEZ 115. PABLO RODR?GUEZ 116. RICARDO RODR?GUEZ
117. JOS? SALDARA 118. PEDRO SANTANA 119. SERGIO SIERRA 120. JUAN SILVA 121. FAUSTO SILVA
122. ELPIDIO SOLER 123. JES?S SOSA BLANCO 124. RENATO SOSA 125. SERGIO SOSA 126. PEDRO SOTO
127. OSCAR SU?REZ 128. RAFAEL TARRAGO 129. TEODORO TELLEZ CISNEROS 130. FRANCISCO TELLEZ
131. JOS? TIN 132. FRANCISCO TRAVIESO 133. LEONARDO TRUJILLO 134. TRUJILLO 135. LUPE VALD?S BARBOSA
136. MARCELINO VALD?S 137. ANTONIO VALENT?N 138. MANUEL V?ZQUEZ 139. SERGIO V?ZQUEZ 140. VERDECIA
141. D?MASO ZAYAS
*15 additional executions were reported by The New York Times (on 2/6/59, 2/8/59, 3/16/59, and 4/2/59),
but names are unknown.
Yeah, he'd make a great candidate!