Cuba: mysterious deaths in 10 days of 6 former colleagues of Fidel

In Cuba, another high-ranking octogenarian soldier died yesterday and six the ex-soldier of the dome of the Castro regime who died during the last 10 days, without going beyond the causes of death. And in any case, the remains were cremated immediately.

For now, one hypothesis is that the rebound in coronavirus infections on the island – there are already 358,378 cases and 2,560 deaths – is impacting former octogenarian officials. In early July, Cuba made headlines around the world due to indistinct protests against the crisis the country is going through, made worse by the pandemic.

The latest case is that of Gilberto Antonio Cardero Sánchez, Cuban television reported last night. Cardero Sanchez He was a fighter in the Cuban wrestling in May 1957 and later joined the rebel army under the regime of Fidel Castro. Ministry of the Armed Forces of Cuba.

A day earlier, the Central University of Las Villas reported the death of Armando Choy Rodriguez at the age of 87. And the days before, the generals Rubn Martnez Puente, Manuel Eduardo Lastres Pacheco, Agustn Pea Porres and Marcelo Verdecia Perdomo.

Except in the case of Pea Porres, former head of the Eastern Cuban army who, 21 years ago, was promoted to major general, nicknamed “Mr. Army” and whose Cuban media said he died from Covid-19In the other cases, no information was disclosed.

President of Cuba, Miguel Daz-Canel, and the official media did not refer to the deaths nor to causes of death, which in turn increased the assumptions and speculation on social networks, on and off the island.

The reserve brigadier general Lastres Pacheco had fought as a soldier in the Sierra Maestra guerrilla under the command of the commander Ernesto Che Guevara.

Martnez Puente, 79, began his military career in the Sierra Maestra, under command of the column led by Ral Castro on the second front of the East Frank Pas. And meHe became the commander-in-chief of air defense and the revolutionary air force.

Choy Rodríguez was born in 1934 and was one of the founders of the July 26 Movement that led the Cuban Revolution, in which he was a fighter. Fidel Castro had appointed him general in 1962, and he led the group of the sanitation Yes development from Havana Bay. It was also delegate of the Minister of Labor in the city port.