ANNEX I

 Partial list of persons sentenced in Cuba

Name

Sentence

Charge

Real reason for sentence

Place of detention

1.  Matías Alonso Aquino, lawyer

30 years

Distributing propaganda and speaking against the government in public

Failing to belong to any government organization.  He was forbidden to defend himself in court

Pinar del Río

2.  Alberto Alvarez de la Campa, pharmacist

20 years

Conspiring against the government

Disagreeing with the government

Teacher-training school, Havana

3.  Enrique Arias Arias, student

9 years

Planning a clandestine escape from Cuba

Not being involved in government activities

Guanajay Prison

4.  Nerber or Belausaran López, office worker

20 years

Attempting to subvert the powers of the State

Having belonged to the Army before the Revolution

La Cabaña Havana

5.  Enrique Borges Rodríguez, worker

20 years

Belonging to counter-revolutionary groups

Not belonging to revolutionary organizations

Manacas, Las Villas

6.  Rolando Bone Trueba, baker

12 years

Being in disagreement with the regime

Not belonging to revolutionary organizations

La Cabaña Havana

7.  José Laura Blanco Muñiz, driver

20 years

Conspiracy and distributing propaganda

Being a practicing Catholic and anti-Communist

La Cabaña Havana

8.  Rolando Borges Paz, merchant

20 years

Conspiracy

Not belonging to revolutionary organizations

Teacher training school, Havana

9.  Diosdado Camejo, farmer

30 years

Conspiracy

Failing to join revolutionary organizations

Morón P…son, Camague

10. Roberto Cardes, worker

15 years

Engaging in propaganda against the government

Being an active Catholic and not belonging to revolutionary organizations

La Cabaña Havana

11. J.I. Carreño, newspaperman

20 years

Writing against the government

Not belonging to revolutionary organizations

La Cabaña Havana

12. Mamerto Casana Pérez, worker

30 years

Counter-revolutionary activities

Not belonging to revolutionary organizations

Melena Camp, Havana

13. Dr. Pablo Castellanos Caballero, newspaperman and teacher

12 years

Conspiracy

His anti-government position.  He has already served his sentence, but continues in custody and incommunicado

La Cabaña

Havana

14. Lutgardo Castellanos Vázquez, student

20 years

Giving assistance to armed groups

Not cooperating with the authorities

Security Camp No. … Manacas, Las Villas

15. José Luis Colina Alemán, office worker

20 years

Anti-state activities

Having belonged to the Army before the Revolution

Security Camp No. … Manacas, Las Villas

16. Alberto Cruz Cancio, veterinary surgeon

30 years

Rebellion

Not belonging to revolutionary organizations

La Cabaña Havana

17. Joaquín Chanying González, mechanic

15 years

Conspiracy

Being in the same place or province where various arrests for political reasons were made

Valle … Camp, Havana

18. Georgina Cid Crespo, Secretary

20 years

Conspiring against the security of the State

Not belonging to revolutionary organizations

“Amanacer” Farm Havana

19. Armando Cubría Ramos, salesman

30 years

Conspiring against the State

Having belonged to the Army

Guanajay Prison

20. Ernesto de la Fe, newspaperman

15 years

Repressing the revolutionary movement

Having been a Minister in the Government of General Batista and having been a prominent anti-Communist

La Cabaña, Havana

21. Roberto del Toro Trometa, farmer

20 years

Distributing anti-government propaganda

Having belonged to the Armed Forces of Cuba before the revolutionary movement

“San Severino” Castle Matanzas

 

22. Juan Vicente Delgado, soldier

20 years

Distributing anti-government propaganda

Having belonged to the Armed Forces of Cuba before the revolutionary movement

“San Severino” Castle Matanzas

 

23. Juan de Dios González Ruiz, worker

20 years

Making an attempt on the life of a revolutionary leader

Not belonging to pro-government organizations

Beniato Prison Oriente Province

24. Aroldo Hernández Luege, student

30 years

Anti-Communist activities among the farmers

Being an active Christian and anti-Communist

Guanajay Prison Havana

25. José Antonio Jiménez Caballero, office worker

30 years

Anti-Communist activities among the farmers

Being an active Christian and anti-Communist

Guanajay Prison Havana

26. Félix Lima, worker

20 years

Crimes against the State

Not belonging to government organizations

Melena Camp, Havana

27. Fabián Luzardo Díaz worker

12 years

Conspiring against the established order

He was denounced as a dangerous person and an anti-Communist without any evidence

Luis Lazo

Pinar del Río

28. Pelaxo Lasa Parla, electrician

32 years

For acts allegedly committed before the Revolution

Having belonged to the Army

Pinar del Río prison

29. Raúl Ledón Pérez, worker

20 years

Crimes against the State

Not belonging to revolutionary organizations

No. 4 Secur. Camp, Manacas

Las Villas

30. René Macial Matos, missionary

20 years

Crimes against the State

Being an active Christian

La Cabaña, Havana

31. César Páez Sánchez, soldier

20 years

Conspiring against the powers of the State

Proposing peaceful changes in the revolutionary line

La Cabaña, Havana

32. Newton Rafael Orihuela del Toro, teacher

15 years

Conspiring against the State

Not belonging to revolutionary organizations

Melena Camp, Havana

33. Arístides Pérez Montañez, merchant

20 years

Conspiring against the powers of the State

Not cooperating with the government

Boniato Prison

34. Gabriel Lupo Pichardo González, newspaperman

20 years

Conspiring against the powers of the State

Not cooperating with the government

Guanajay Prison, Havana

35. José Piloto Mora, student

30 years

Conspiring against the Cuban State

Being a Catholic and not belonging to revolutionary organizations

Pinar del Río, Prison

36. Lino Guillermo Rivero Acosta, pharmacist

10 years

Conspiring against the powers of the State

Not belonging to revolutionary organizations

Pinar del Río Prison

37. Orlando Pérez Oliva, merchant

20 years

Conspiring against the powers of the State

Not belonging to revolutionary organizations

La Cabaña, Havana

38. Pedro Pedraza Portal, driver

Indefinite

Conspiring against the powers of the State

Being an anti-Communist.  No evidence that he had tried to leave Cuba illegally was produced

Alambradas, Pinar del Río

39. Rubén Pérez Ríos, worker

20 years

Conspiring against the State

Not belonging to revolutionary organizations

La Cabaña, Havana.

40. Luis Pérez Días, office worker

20 years

Conspiring against the State

He was merely suspected of not being in favor of the government.  Personal hatreds

La Cabaña, Havana

41. José Piloto Mora, student

30 years

Conspiring against the State

Being a Catholic and not belonging to revolutionary organizations

Pinar del Río Prison

42. Carlos Pons Wottu, office worker

20 years

Conspiring against the State

Not cooperating with the government

Guanajay Prison

43. Luis María Rodríguez Regueira, student

30 years

Conspiring against the powers of the State

Considered as a dangerous counter-revolutionary element; he did not belong to any government organization

Pinar del R. Prison

44. Rafael Turino Ibánez worker

20 years

Conspiring against the powers of the State

Not belonging to any government organization and being a professed Catholic

No. 4 Security Camp, Manacas, Las Villas Province

  


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