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The "Truth Recovery Archive on Cuba" published the following updated data:
December 27, 2005 - Update
Table:
Non-combat Victims of the Castro Regime January 1, 1959 to Date
(Documented to March 25, 2005)
| Firing squad executions | 5,640 |
| Extrajudicial assassinations | 1,203 |
| Deaths in prisons | 2,119 |
| Missing and disappeared | 198 |
|
Subtotal: |
9,240 |
| "Balseros" (high end of estimated range) | 77,833 |
|
Total: |
87,073 |
Note: This table excludes documented deaths of civilians -both Cuban and
otherwise- resulting from international military incursions, sabotage, or support
for international subversion sponsored by Cuba.
http://www.cubaarchive.org/downloads/CA03.pdf
November 1, 2006 - Update on Findings
This work documents loss of life and disappearances of a political or military nature attributed to the Cuban Revolution. Each documented case is substantiated by bibliographic/historic data and reports from direct sources. Due to the ongoing nature of the work and the difficulty of obtaining and verifying data from Cuba, the following totals change as research progresses and are considered far from exhaustive. The table below is primarily derived from Armando M. Lago, Ph.D.'s "Cuba: The Human Cost of Social Revolution," manuscript for publication. Cuba Archive is currently examining dozens of additional cases –most are expected to be added to this table. Experience has shown that as additional outreach efforts are undertaken, many more cases are likely to be uncovered.
Non-Combat Victims of the Castro Regime: January 1, 959 to Date
(Work-in-progress)
|
Documented Cases |
|
| Firing squad executions | 5,775 |
| Extrajudicial assassinations | 1,231 |
| Deaths in prisons(1) | 984 |
| Missing and disappeared | 200 |
|
Subtotal: |
8,190 |
|
Estimate |
|
|
"Balseros" (high end of estimated range) (2) |
77,833 |
|
Total: |
86,023 |
(1) Deaths in prison include 153 assassinations, 264 suicides, 200 resulting from medical negligence, the rest in accidents and of alleged natural causes probably precipitated by prison conditions.
(2) The estimated number of victims has been derived from data in studies by the Oceanographic Institute of the University of Miami and the University of Havana and reports by the U.S. Coast Guard. The actual number of rafters who have perished at sea is very difficult to corroborate.
16,282 additional deaths can be directly attributed to the Cuban Revolution as part of this work in progress.
Documented combat deaths in anti-Castro military operations total 1,289 (86 in Bay of Pigs 1,150 in the internal insurgency, and 53 in infiltration missions).
Losses by the Castro government in military operations are estimated at 14,953 (782 at the Bay of Pigs invasion, 2,400 fighting the insurgents in the rural war inside Cuba, and 11,771 estimated to have died during the military intervention in Angola).
In addition, 40 persons were killed in the accidental explosion of a civilian aviation plane (Cubana de Aviación) in Nicaragua used by the Cuban government to transport arms to the Sandinistas). Thousands of foreign nationals, both military and civilians, have been killed in Africa and Latin America in Cuba's internationalist wars and its support of subversion.
See: http://www.cubaarchive.org/english_version/articles/86/1/Update-on--Findings%3A-November-1%2C-2006
February 19, 2008 Update on Findings
This work documents loss of life and disappearances of a political or military nature attributed to the Cuban Revolution. Each documented case is available for review at www.CubaArchive.org and substantiated by bibliographic/historic data and reports from direct sources. Due to the ongoing nature of the work and the difficulty of obtaining and verifying data from Cuba, the following totals change as research progresses and are considered far from exhaustive. Cuba Archive is currently examining additional cases –most are expected to be added to this table. Experience has shown that as additional outreach efforts are undertaken, many more cases are likely to be uncovered.
Non-Combat Victims of the Castro Regime:
January 1, 1959 to December 31, 2007
Work-in-progress
Documented Cases
Firing squad executions
4,074
Extrajudicial killings not in prison
1,334
Missing and disappeared
219
Other, including deaths in prison(1)
2,215
7,842
Estimate
"Balseros" (estimate to 2003) (2)
77,833
Total
85,675
(1) Deaths in prison include assassinations, suicides, and deaths resulting from medical negligence or from accidents or alleged natural causes probably precipitated by prison conditions.
(2) The estimated number of victims was derived in 2003 by Dr. Armando Lago from data in studies by the Oceanographic Institute of the University of Miami and the University of Havana and reports by the U.S. Coast Guard. The actual number of rafters who have perished at sea is very difficult to corroborate. Deaths from 2003 to the present have not been estimated.
Combat Deaths
At least 16,282 additional deaths in combat or missing in action can be directly attributed to the Cuban Revolution, of which Cuba Archive has documented 1,392. 1,289 combat deaths are documented from anti-Castro military operations (Bay of Pigs expedition, the internal insurgency, and infiltration missions). Losses by the Castro government in military operations are estimated at 14,953 at the Bay of Pigs, fighting the insurgents in the rural war inside Cuba, and killed in the military intervention in Angola. In addition, 40 persons were killed in the accidental explosion of a civilian aviation plane (Cubana de Aviación) in Nicaragua used by the Cuban government to transport arms to the Sandinistas).
Other Deaths
Thousands of foreign nationals, both military and civilians, have been killed in Africa and Latin America in Cuba’s internationalist wars and its support of subversion. These are estimated in the hundreds of thousands.
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