EQUAL OPPORTUNITY KILLING FEMALE VICTIMS OF FIDEL
CASTRO’S ”COMMUNIST
REVOLUTION” IN CUBA

DEATHS OF WOMEN AND GIRLS
FOR POLITICAL REASONS

(1959-2003): 17,880 – 21,092 (est.)
DOCUMENTED DEATHS: 216

Most cases are documented by two
or more independent sources

FIRING SQUAD EXECUTIONS: 11
EXTRAJUDICIAL ASSASSINATIONS: 20
DISAPPEARANCES: 13
ASSASINATIONS IN PRISON: 2
SUICIDES IN PRISON OR UNDER ARREST: 6
OTHER DEATHS IN PRISON: 5
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE IN PRISON: 4
ASSASSINATIONS IN EXIT ATTEMPTS: 29
IDENTIFIED DEATHS IN EXIT ATTEMPTS: 96
CIVILIAN DEATHS IN INTERNATIONALIST
MISSIONS: 30

UNIDENTIFIED DEATHS IN EXIT ATTEMPTS
(formula estimate): 17,664 to 20,876
*Averages 1.3 females per day since
the beginning of the Revolution.
SELECTED CASES
of 216 documented / reported

ARACELIA ARIAS GOMEZ
DATE: 30-01-64 . LOCATION: G-2 STATE SECURITY
OFFICE IN MARIANAO, HAVANA. ASSASSINATED
WHILE UNDER ARREST, VICTIM OF POLICE
BRUTALITY.

MARIA CAPIRO (AKA MARIA CATIL)
DATE: 17-09-86. LOCATION: G-2 STATE SECURITY
OFFICE IN ARROYO NARANJO, HAVANA
ASSASSINATED WHILE UNDER ARREST, VICTIM
OF POLICE BRUTALITY.

SRA. CARDONA
DATE: 12-61. LOCATION: ESMERALDA,
CAMAGUEY . ASSASSINATED BY POLICE WITH
HUSBAND AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN.

GLORIA CASAÑAS HERNANDEZ
DATE: 20-06-65. LOCATION: G-2 STATE
SECURITY OFFICE. DISAPPEARED WHILE UNDER
ARREST AFTER AN ANTI-CASTRO HUMAN RIGHTS
DEMONSTRATION.

DOLORES CORREOSO (LOLIN) - AGE: 55
DATE: 13-08-78 . LOCATION: GUANAJAY
NATIONAL WOMEN'S PRISON, GUANAJAY, PINAR
DEL RIO. WHILE SERVING A 20-YEAR PRISON
TERM, DEVELOPED BREAST CANCER AND WAS
DENIED MEDICAL TREATMENT.

AMALIA CORA CORZO
DATE: 15-01-62. LOCATION: CUBAN TERRITORIAL
WATERS - ENTRANCE TO BARLOVENTO DEEP
WATER CHANNEL, JAIMANITAS, HAVANA
PROVINCE. ASSASSINATED DURING AN EXIT
ATTEMPT WHEN A CUBAN NAVY PATROL BOAT
MACHINE GUNNED THE 31-FT. BOAT "PRETEXTO"
WITH 29 PERSONS ABOARD. 5 ASYLUM-SEEKERS
WERE KILLED, MOST OF THE 24 SURVIVORS
RECEIVED TO 20-YEAR PRISON SENTENCES.

JUANA MARIA DIAZ - AGE: 25
DATE: 17-05-61 . LOCATION: NATIONAL WOMEN'S
PRISON IN GUANAJAY, PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE.
EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD ON CHARGES OF
PLOTTING TO ASSASSINATE A HIGH LEVEL
OFFICIAL OF THE CASTRO GOVERNMENT.

OBDULIA DUAREZ SUAREZ - AGE: 19
DATE: 22-04-75. LOCATION: LA CABAÑA
FORTRESS HAVANA. EXECUTED BY FIRING
SQUAD.

SISTER MARIA CARIDAD ECHEVARRIA
DATE: 04-04-61. LOCATION: SANTIAGO DE CUBA,
ORIENTE PROVINCE . (SISTER OF A CATHOLIC
RELIGIOUS ORDER.) ASSASINATED WHILE UNDER
ARREST, SAVAGELY BEATEN BY STATE SECURITY
AGENTS.

LUISA MARIA ESCOBAR
DATE: 07-10-62. LOCATION: VICTORIA DE LAS
TUNAS, ORIENTE PROVINCE. EXECUTED BY
FIRING SQUAD.

ASELIA FERNANDEZ
DATE: 13-09-82 LOCATION: MORON, CAMAGUEY
ASSASSINATED BY POLICE.

OLGA DIGNA FERNANDEZ CAÑIZARES DE ARUFE
DATE: 18-04-61. LOCATION: STREETS OF
HAVANA. ASSASINATED. SHOT WITH HER
HUSBAND, MARCIAL ARUFE, AS THEY WERE
TRYING TO REACH THE ARGENTINIAN EMBASSY
TO REQUEST ASYLUM.

AMELIA FERNANDEZ GARCIA
DATE: 17-04-61. LOCATION: LA CABAÑA
FORTRESS IN HAVANA. EXECUTED BY FIRING
SQUAD.

DR. BERTA FERRER
DATE: 1960. LOCATION: SANTIAGO DE CUBA,
ORIENTE PROVINCE. EXECUTED BY FIRING
SQUAD.

JUANA FIGUEREDO DIAZ
DATE: 24-12-61. LOCATION: ARROYO BLANCO,
ORIENTE PROVINCE. EXECUTED BY FIRING
SQUAD WHILE WAS SIX MONTHS PREGNANT FOR
COLLABORATING WITH ANTI-CASTRO
GUERRILLAS.

ANA MARTA GARCIA DELGADO
DATE: 21-09-86. LOCATION: G-2 STATE
SECURITY OFFICE IN SANTA CRUZ DEL NORTE,
HAVANA PROVINCE. ASSASSINATED BY POLICE
WHILE UNDER ARREST. WAS SIX MONTHS
PREGNANT.

ELIDA GARCIA LOPEZ - AGE: 27
DATE: 26-10-61. LOCATION: MARIANAO, HAVANA.
ASSASSINATED (SHOT) BY A MILITIAMAN .

OLIVIA AIDA GARCIA SOLER
DATE: 26-04-65. LOCATION: G-2 STATE SECURITY
OFFICE IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA, ORIENTE
PROVINCE. (EMPLOYEE OF THE CUBAN
ELECTRIC COMPANY AND UNION LEADER.)
ASSASSINATED BY POLICE WHILE UNDER
ARREST.

MONICA GARCIA - AGE: 15
DATE: 08-09-93. LOCATION: CALLE PRIMERA Y E,
REPARTO POEY, HAVANA. ASSASINATED (HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENT). INNOCENT BYSTANDER
KILLED BY A POLICEMAN, WHO SHOT INDISCRIMINATELY
AT A CROWD OF YOUNGSTERS
TAUNTING HIM WITH CRIES OF " HENCHMAN."

JULIA GONZALEZ ROSQUETE
DATE: 10-01-62 . LOCATION: GUANAJAY
NATIONAL PRISON FOR WOMEN, PINAR DEL RIO
PROVINCE. DEVELOPED A MOUTH INFECTION
FROM A A BRUTAL BEATING BY PRISON GUARDS.
DENIED MEDICAL CARE, SHE DIED OF
SEPTICEMIA.

JULIA GONZALEZ DE MENDEZ
DATE: 01-06-73. LOCATION: G-2 STATE SECURITY
OFFICE IN ALQUIZAR, HAVANA PROVINCE.
ASSASSINATED BY POLICE WHILE UNDER
ARREST.

ROSA GONZALEZ
DATE: 27-12-63. LOCATION: CUBAN TERRITORIAL
WATERS. ASSASSINATED - MACHINE-GUNNED
DURING AN EXIT ATTEMPT.

LUISA GUERRA
DATE: 1992 . LOCATION: CITY OF CAMAGUEY.
ASSASSINATED BY POLICE.

ESTRELLA GUTIERREZ
DATE: 22-06-62. LOCATION: G-2 STATE SECURITY
OFFICE IN PERICO, MATANZAS PROVINCE.
ASSASSINATED BY POLICE WHILE UNDER
ARREST.

LIVIA GOUVERNIER - AGE: 20
DATE: 11-12-59. LOCATION: G-2 STATE SECURITY
OFFICE IN HAVANA. (UNIVERSITY STUDENT.)
ASSASSINATED BY POLICE WHILE UNDER
ARREST.

MARITZA GUTIERREZ
DATE: 1988. LOCATION: SAN JOSE DE LAS
LAJAS, HAVANA PROVINCE. DISAPPEARED.

MRS. ALBERTO LAZO PASTRANA
DATE: 1971. LOCATION: CARIBBEAN SEA.
ASSASSINATED DURING AN EXIT ATTEMPT -HER
BOAT WAS RAMMED AND SUNK BY A CUBAN
NAVY VESSEL. SHE FELL INTO THE SEA AND WAS
DEVOURED BY SHARKS. HER THREE CHILDREN
DISAPPEARED.

SONIA LOPEZ GONZALEZ
DATE: 1991. LOCATION: MARIEL, PINAR DEL RIO
PROVINCE. DISAPPEARED.

ROSARIO MARQUEZ
DATE: 05-05-62. LOCATION: G-2 STATE
SECURITY OFFICE IN MIRAMAR, PLAYA, HAVANA.
ASSASSINATED WHILE UNDER ARREST, VICTIM
OF POLICE BRUTALITY.

SARA MARTINEZ GONZALEZ - AGE: 47
DATE: 23-12-96. LOCATION: LA CABAÑA
FORTRESS IN HAVANA. (MANAGER AT THE
CUBAN HARVEST TASK FORCE / MEMBER OF THE
UNDERGROUND “FRENTE DE LIBERACION
CUBANA.”) EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD.

ORELVIS MARTINEZ LIMONTA
DATE: 07-07-92. LOCATION: SANTA CLARA, LAS
VILLAS PROVINCE. ASSASSINATED WHILE
UNDER ARREST.

ISABEL MARTINEZ
DATE: 1993. DISAPPEARED.
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MARIA ELENA MIRANDA
DATE: 1994 . LOCATION: EL CANEY, ORIENTE
PROVINCE. DISAPPEARED.

ADELAIDA MIRAVEN
DATE: 03-04-78. LOCATION: LA CABAÑA
FORTRESS IN HAVANA. EXECUTED BY FIRING
SQUAD.

SILVIA MONTIEL
DATE: 11-12-84. LOCATION: MANTO NEGRO
PRISON IN WATAO, LA LISA, HAVANA. DIED IN
PRISON.

MARIA DEL CARMEN MURO
DATE: 1993. DISAPPEARED.
LOURDES NADAL
DATE: 1971. LOCATION: LA CABAÑA FORTRESS IN
HAVANA. EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD.

DELIA NAVARRO - AGE: 39
DATE: 03-08-62. LOCATION: G-2 STATE
SECURITY OFFICE IN HAVANA. BECAME CRAZED
AFTER BEING TORTURED, COMMITTING SUICIDE
WHILE UNDER ARREST.

SARA OQUENDO HERNANDEZ
DATE: 16-03-85. LOCATION: LA LISA, HAVANA.
ASSASSINATED BY POLICE.

CARIDAD PAVON RODRIGUEZ
DATE: 27-02-82 . LOCATION: G-2 STATE SECURITY
HEADQUARTERS IN HAVANA. LEADER OF THE
ANTI-CASTRO ZAPATA MOVEMENT
ASSASSINATED WHILE UNDER INTERROGATION,
AFTER ENDURING TORTURE AND SAVAGE
BEATINGS. THE CASTRO GOVERNMENT CLAIMS
SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE.

RAQUEL PERDOMO
DATE: 20-01-63. LOCATION: G-2 STATE SECURITY
OFFICE IN HAVANA. ASSASSINATED BY POLICE
WHILE UNDER ARREST.

LYDIA PEREZ LOPEZ - AGE: 25
DATE: 07-07-61. LOCATION: GUANAJAY NATIONAL
WOMEN'S PRISON, IN GUANAJAY, PINAR DEL RIO
PROVINCE. ASSASSINATED IN PRISON.
PREGNANT, SHE WAS KICKED IN THE STOIMACH
BY PRISON GUARDS 30 DAYS BEFORE HER DUE
DATE. SHE LOST HER BABY, RECEIVED NO
MEDICAL ATTENTION, AND BLED TO DEATH.

SISTER AIDA ROSA PEREZ - AGE: 42
DATE: 12-12-67. LOCATION: G-2 CUBAN STATE
SECURITY PAVILION AT THE MILITARY HOSPITAL
IN HAVANA. (SISTER IN THE CATHOLIC
RELIGIOUS ORDER OF SISTERS OF CHARITY /
WENT FROM HER HOME IN GUATEMALA TO VISIT
FAMILY CUBA IN 1965 . SUFFERED FROM
CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE. OVER SEVERAL
MONTHS, SHE WAS REPEATEDLY DETAINED FOR
EXPRESSING ANTI-COMMUNIST VIEWS AND
FINALLY SENTENCED TO 12 YEARS IN PRISON.
AFTER SERVING 2 YEARS SHE DIED OF A HEART
ATTACK WHILE DOING HARD PENAL FARM LABOR.

CARIDAD PLACENCIA (AKA CARIDAD
PLASENCIA)
DATE: 15-09-75. LOCATION: G-2 STATE SECURITY
OFFICE AT REPARTO LAWTON, HAVANA.
ASSASSINATED BY POLICE WHILE UNDER
ARREST.

YALINA REAL GORT - AGE: 22
DATE: 13-05-95. LOCATION: FLORIDA STRAITS.
ASSASSINATED DURING AN ILLEGAL EXIT
ATTEMPT. A CUBAN COAST GUARD PATROL BOAT
RAMMED AND SANK HER BOAT IN HIGH SEAS.

DORA VICTORIA REYES
DATE: 30-08-84 . LOCATION: G-2 STATE
SECURITY HEADQUARTERS IN HAVANA.
SHE HAD SERVED A PRISON SENTENCE AND WAS
RELEASED FROM PRISON. GIVEN PERMISSION
TO VISIT RELATIVES IN HAVANA, SHE WAS
ARRESTED THERE AND DIED WHILE UNDER
ARREST BY STATE SECURITY.

ESTRELLA RIOS - AGE: 35
DATE: 20-10-99 LOCATION: CUBAN TERRITORIAL
WATERS, 12 KILOMETERS NORTH OF HAVANA.
ASSASSINATED WITH HER SON, ERNESTO
MARQUEZ RIOS (AGE 6). BOTH DROWNED
DURING AN EXIT ATTEMPT WHEN THEIR 7-METER
BOAT WAS RAMMED AND SUNK BY A CUBAN
COAST GUARD PATROL VESSEL.

SARA RODRIGUEZ ALEMAN
DATE: 24-09-62. LOCATION: G-2 STATE SECURITY
OFFICE IN HAVANA. ASSASSINATED BY POLICE
WHILE UNDER ARREST.

MARIA ISABEL RODRIGUEZ
DATE: 1993. DISAPPEARED.

MIREYA RODRIGUEZ
DATE: 1990. LOCATION: SAN JOSE DE LAS LAJAS,
HAVANA PROVINCE. ASSASSINATED BY POLICE.

TERESITA SAAVEDRRA PEREZ - AGE: 24
DATE: 21-04-61. LOCATION: HER HOME IN
SANCTI-SPIRITUS, LAS VILLAS. (CATHOLIC LAY
LEADER AND RESISTANCE LEADER.) TAKEN
PRISONER, TORTURED AND RAPED BY A FORMER
FRIEND, THE STATE SECURITY CHIEF IN SANCTISPIRITUS,
AND FIVE OTHER SECURITY OFFICERS.
AFTER HER RELEASE, SHE COMMITTED SUICIDE
BY SETTING HERSELF ABLAZE, PRIOR TO HER
SECOND ARREST, WHICH HAD BEEN ORDERED.

JOSEFA SAN ROMAN
DATE: 17-05-64. (SMALL FARMER /CASMPESINA).
LOCATION: PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE.
EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD ON THE SAME DAY
AS OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS FOR COLLABORATING
WITH ANTI-CASTRO GUERRILLAS.

MARIA LUISA SANCHEZ
DATE: 1980. ASSASSINATED BY POLICE .
ALBA SERRANO - AGE: 25
DATE: 30-10-67. LOCATION: GUANAJAY NATIONAL
WOMEN'S PRISON, GUANAJAY, PINAR DEL RIO
PROVINCE. SUICIDE. SENTENCED TO PRISON
FOR PURSUING BLACK MARKET ACTIVITIES, SHE
WAS SENT TO THE LESBIAN CELLBLOCK IN
PUNISHMENT. HER RELATIVES OVEREACTED
AND. UNABLE TO ENDURE THE SHAME, SHE
HUNG HERSELF IN HER CELL.

DR. EDMUNDA SERRAT BARRIOS - AGE: 70
DATE: 06-09-81. LOCATION: G-2 STATE
SECURITY POLICE HEADQUARTERS AT VILLA
MARISTA,IN HAVANA. (LAWYER.) ASSASSINATED.
SAVAGELY BEATEN WHILE UNDER ARREST FOR
CRITICIZING MARXIST EDUCATION REFORMS.
HER BLOODIED BODY TURNED UP AT A MILITARY
HOSPITAL IN HAVANA.

BERKIS TERCIO (LA MARIPOSITA) - AGE: 19
DATE: 15-02-2002. LOCATION: AGRICULTURAL
PENAL FARM NO. 5, CAMAGUEY PROVINCE .
COMMITTED SUICIDE BY HANGING HERSELF
THREE DAYS AFTER BEING ASSAULTED BY A
PRISON GUARD.

MARIA ISABEL TORRADO
DATE: 03-08-63. LOCATION: G-2 STATE
SECURITY OFFICE IN SAN CRISTOBAL, PINAR DEL
RIO PROVINCE. EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD.
CONSUELO VIAL SANCHEZ
DATE: 1980. LOCATION: HAVANA.
ASSASSINATED BY POLICE.

THREE VINIGO SISTERS
DATE: 1962. LOCATION: COLON, MATANZAS
PROVINCE. ASSASSINATED BY POLICE.
MARGARITA YERO
DATE: 04-95. LOCATION: GUANTANAMO,
ORIENTE PROVINCE. DISAPPEARED WHILE
TRYING TO REACH THE U.S. NAVAL BASE AT
GUANTANAMO.

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This information is taken from Dr.
Armando Lago’s book in progress
Cuba: The Human Cost of Social
Revolution. This work is part of
the Truth Recovery Archive on
Cuba, a project that documents
loss of life for political and military
reasons during the Cuban
revolutionary process.
Truth Recovery
Archive on Cuba
an initiative of the
Free Society Project, Inc.

http://www.CubaArchive.org

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