Witness History
Witness History
Cuba executes top military officers
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July 11, 2019
10 minutes
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Four army officers were sentenced to death for drug trafficking by the Castro government in July 1989. Critics accused the communist authorities of carrying out a show trial of opponents of President Fidel Castro. In 2016, Mike Lanchin spoke to Ileana de la Guardia, daughter of one of the four men executed.
Photo: Col Antonio de la Guardia and his daughter Ileana, Cuba 1986 (AFP)