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Santana's Evil Ways - Part II che's victims DOCUMENTED VICTIMS OF CHE GUEVARA IN CUBA FROM 1957 TO 1959 Information provided by the The exact number of Che's Cuban victims has not been independently verified. The number of deaths attributed to Che varies and includes executions he committed personally as well as death warrants he ordered and/or issued. In his book "Yo Soy El Che!" journalist Luis Ortega, who knew Che, reports that he sent 1,897 men to the firing squad. Daniel James, in turn, writes in "Che Guevara: A Biography" that Che acknowledged ordering "several thousand" executions in the first few years of the Castro regime. Dr. Lago has documented over 4,000 deaths in Cuba, mostly firing squad executions, during the first three years after Fidel Castro's takeover (1959-1962), period during which Che Guevara is known to have been one of the Castro government's chief executioners. In addition, combat deaths or killings perpetrated in other countries where Che led guerrilla operations -such as Bolivia and Congo- have not been tallied. 14 executed by Che in the Sierra Maestra during the anti-Batista guerrilla struggle (1957-1958): 1. ARISTIDIO 2. MANUEL CAPITAN 3. JUAN CHANG 4. "BISCO" ECHEVARRIA 5. ECHEVARRIA BROTHER #1 6. ECHEVARRIA BROTHER #2 7. EUTIMIO GUERRA 8. DIONISIO LEBRIGIO 9. JUAN LEBRIGIO 10. "L NEGRO"NAAPOLES 11. "CHICHO" OSORIO 12. ONE UNIDENTIFIED TEACHER (EL MAESTRO) 13.-14. TWO UNIDENTIFIED PEASANTS *Most of these victims were peasants thought to be collaborating or giving information to members of Cuba's Armed Forces loyal to General Batista. 10 executed in Santa Clara at Che's orders in only two days (January 1959): 1. RAMON ALBA 2. JOSE BARROSO 3. JOAQUIN CASILLAS 4. FELIX CRUZ 5. ALEJANDRO GARCIA OLAYON 6. HECTOR MIRABAL 7. J. MIRABAL 8. FELIX MONTANO 9. CORNELIO ROJAS 10. VILALLA 156 executed at La Cabana Fortress prison at Che Guevara's orders*: 1. VILAU ABREU 2. HUMBERTO AGUIAR 3. GERMAN AGUIRRE 4. PELAYO ALAYON 5. JOSE LUIS ALFARO 6. PEDRO ALFARO 7. MARIANO ALONSO 8. JOSE ALVARO 9. ANIELLA 10. MARIO ARES POLO 11. JOSE RAMON BACALLAO 12. CEVERINO BARRIOS 13. EUGENIO BECQUER 14. FRANCISCO BECQUER 15. RAMON BISCET 16. ROBERTO CALZADILLA 17. EUFEMIO CANO 18. JUAN CAPOTE FIALLO 19. ANTONIO CARRALERO 20. GERTRUDIS CASTELLANOS 21. JOSE CASTANO QUEVEDO 22. RAUL CASTANO 23. EUFEMIO CHALA 24. JOSE CHAMACE 25. JOSE CHAMIZO 26. RAUL CLAUSELL 27. ANGEL CLAUSELL 28. DEMETRIO CLAUSELL 29. JOSE 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. RAMON DESPAIGNE 41. JOSE DIAZ CABEZAS 42. ANTONIO DUARTE 43. RAMON FERNANDEZ OJEDA 44. RUDY FERNANDEZ 45. FERRAN ALFONSO 46. SALVADOR FERRERO 47. VICTOR FIGUEREDO 48. EDUARDO FORTE 49. UGARDE GALAN 50. RAFAEL GARCIA MUNIZ 51. ADALBERTO GARCIA 52. ALBERTO GARCIA 53. JACINTO GARCIA 54. EVELIO GASPAR 55. ARMADA GIL Y DIEZ CABEZAS 56. JOSE GONZALEZ MALAGON 57. EVARISTO GONZALEZ 58. EZEQUIEL GONZALEZ 59. SECUNDINO GONZALEZ 60. RICARDO GRAO 61. BONIFACIO GRASSO 62. RICARDO JOSE GRAU 63. OSCAR GUERRA 64. JULIAN HERNANDEZ 65. FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ LEYVA 66. ANTONIO HERNANDEZ 67. GERARDO HERNANDEZ 68. OLEGARIO HERNANDEZ 69. SECUNDINO HERNANDEZ 70. JESUS INSUA 71. ENRIQUE IZQUIERDO 72. OSMIN JORRIN 73. SILVINO JUNCO 74. ENRIQUE LA ROSA 75. IGNACIO LASAPARLA 76. JESUS LAZO 77. ARIEL LIMA LAGO 78. RAUL LOPEZ VIDAL 79. ARMANDO MAS 80. ENERLIO MATA 81. ELPIDIO MEDEROS 82. JOSE MEDINAS 83. JOSE MESA 84. FIDEL MESQUIA 85. JUAN MILIAN 86. FRANCISCO MIRABAL 87. LUIS MIRABAL 88. ERNESTO MORALES 89. PEDRO MOREJON 90. DR. CARLOS MUINO, MD. 91. CESAR NECOLARDES ROJAS 92. VICTOR NECOLARDES ROJAS 93. JOSE NUNEZ 94. VITERBO O'RREILLY 95. FELIX OVIEDO 96. MANUEL PANEQUE 97. PEDRO PEDROSO 98. RAFAEL PEDROSO 99. DIEGO PEREZ CUESTA 100. JUAN PEREZ 101. DIEGO PEREZ CRELA 102. JOSE POZO 103. EMILIO PUEBLA 104. ALFREDO PUPO 105. SECUNDINO RAMIREZ 106. RAMON RAMOS 107. PABLO RAVELO 108. RUBEN REY 109. MARIO RISQUELME 110. FERNANDO RIVERA 111. PABLO RIVERA 112. MANUEL RODRIGUEZ 113. MARCOS RODRIGUEZ 114. NEMESIO RODRIGUEZ 115. PABLO RODRIGUEZ 116. RICARDO RODRIGUEZ 117. JOSE SALDARA 118. PEDRO SANTANA 119. SERGIO SIERRA 120. JUAN SILVA 121. FAUSTO SILVA 122. ELPIDIO SOLER 123. JESUS SOSA BLANCO 124. RENATO SOSA 125. SERGIO SOSA 126. PEDRO SOTO 127. OSCAR SUAREZ 128. RAFAEL TARRAGO 129. TEODORO TELLEZ CISNEROS 130. FRANCISCO TELLEZ 131. JOSE TIN 132. FRANCISCO TRAVIESO 133. LEONARDO TRUJILLO 134. TRUJILLO 135. LUPE VALDES BARBOSA 136. MARCELINO VALDES 137. ANTONIO VALENTIN 138. MANUEL VAZQUEZ 139. SERGIO VAZQUEZ 140. VERDECIA 141. DAMASO 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. All reported executions at La Cabana took place without affording the victims - former Batista officers, soldiers, police officers, and government officials - fair trials and due process of law. This information is provided by the Reading the above list, I'm struck by something - these are real people, not nameless statistics. They are as real as the people who died in the Holocaust, in the killing fields of Cambodia, and the mass graves of Saddam. Why, in this case, is the murderer celebrated in liberal socitey? Tonight, there will be a silent protest outside Santana's concert. Robert at The 26th Parallel has some thoughts. |
While you people are enjoying the music of Carlos Santana at the American Airlines Arena in Miami tonight, you might want to consider who you're listening to. As 
The following list is by no means exhaustive and only includes cases for which historic reference is available. Names are cited as reported - in some cases only an alias or a surname is known. Dates and additional details for most of these killings are provided in Dr. Lago's book.