DOCUMENTED DEATHS AND DISAPPEARANCES

UPDATE OF DECEMBER 31, 2015

Work in progress
BATISTA REGIME - March 10, 1952 - December 31, 1958
Deaths & disappearances attributed to the Batista regime
Extrajudicial killings
Suicides/ Alleged suicides
Forced Disappearances
Executions
Other
Combat
Deaths & disappearances attributed to anti-Batista forces
Killings and bombings of civilians
Killings by non-state actors
Forced Disappearances
Executions
Combat

Other/undetermined attribution

650
6
21
18
2
485
1182
27
128
3
38
143
339
51

CASTRO REGIME: January 1, 1959 - December 31, 2014

Deaths & disappearances attributed to the Cuban state
Executions by firing squad
Extrajudicial killings
Forced disappearances
Other disappearances (undetermined, most presumed in exit
attempts)
Hunger strikes
Medical negligence / denial of medical care (in prison or
detention)
Suicides (mostly in prison)
By terrorist attack or attack on civilians outside of Cuba
Exit attempts: drowning, dehydration,mines, etc.
Exit attempts: Missing or disappeared
Other deaths of a political nature
Combat fatalities or Missing in Action
Deaths & disappearances in actions against the Cuban state
Non-combat
Combat fatalities or Missing in Action
Deaths & disappearances by Armed Forces of other countries
Deaths & disappearances attributed to others or
undetermined

3116
1166
23
100
18
315
146
12
199
811
317
839
7062
140
218
36
394
221

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