Palace Attack
March 13, 1957
The attack on the Presidential Palace was a two-prong
attack. The
first waive hit Radio Reloj where Jose Echevarría gave a
speech
announcing the death of Batista until the power was
cut. He then
proceeded to the Palace to join the others but was caught in
traffic
near the university, colliding with a police car where he
was killed
exchanging fire.
Three cars of attackers went to the Radio station.
According to
Juan Nuiry Sánchez in his book ¡Presente!, pp.
137-8, the names were:
lst. Automobile:
Humberto Castelló Aldanás
José [El Moro] Asseff
Enrique Rodríguez Loeches
Pedro Martínez Brito
Aestor Bombino
2nd. Automobile:
José Antonio Echeverría
Fructuoso Rodríguez
Joe Westbrook
Otto Hernández
Carlos [El Chino] Figueredo
3rd. Automobile:
Julio García Oliveras
Juan Nuiry Sánchez
Mario Reguera
Antonio [Ñico] Guevara
Héctor Rosales
The plan would never have succeeded at the Palace says Hugh
Thomas,
unless the single elevator to Batista's suite was NOT on the
top floor
which it had been. There was no other way to enter
Batista's
suite.
[Reference
(L-1): Libertad Newspaper 16 August 1974 pages 12-13]
[Reference (M-1): Catalogo del Museo De Los
Martieres, Pinar del Rio, 1960.]
[Reference (P-1):
Lionel Remigio 2002]
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[When known, the
names are given with and without the punctuation marks
to aid in searching]
Alfaro, Salvador .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Almeida, Luis .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Arenado Llonch, Ormani.
photo Killed in
the Attack (M-1) (L-1)
Azef [or Asseff], Jose .. Attacker at CMQ (L-1)
Bombino, Aestor .. Attacker at CMQ (L-1)
Briñas, José [Brinas, Jose] .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Carbó [Carbo], Juan Pedro .. Killed at Humbolt Street (L-1)
Castellanos, José [Jose] .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Castillo [Aldanás], Humberto .. Participant (L-1)
Delgado, Adolfo .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Díaz [Diaz] Fuentes, Ubaldo .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Domínguez [Dominguez], Eduardo .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Echevarría, José [Echevarria, Jose] A. .. Killed in the
attack (L-1) Attacker on CMQ (L-1)
Echevarría [Echevarria] Acosta, Enrique "Kike".
photo Palace
Attack. Death date unk. (M-1)
Esperón [Esperon], Pedro .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Figueredo, Carlos .. Palace attacker (L-1)
Garcia Oliveras, Armando .. Participant (L-1)
Gómez Wangüemert, José [Gomez Wanguemert, Jose] "Pepe"
photo Killed
in the attack (L-1)
González [Gonzalez], Angel .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Guevara, Antonio .. Palace attacker (L-1)
Gutiérrez [Gutierrez] Menoyo, Carlos
photo Killed
in the attack (L-1)
Hernandez, Armando .. Palace attacker (L-1)
Hernández [Hernandez], José [Jose] .. Killed in the attack
(L-1)
Hernández [Hernandez], Norberto .. Killed in the attack
(L-1)
Hernandez, Otto .. Attacker at CMQ (L-1)
Hernández León, José Manuel "Chepe" [Hernandez Leon, Jose]
..
photo. Killed in
the Attack (M-1) (L-1)
León [Leon] Llera, Reinaldo .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Lorenzo, Luis .. Palace attacker (L-1)
Machado, José [Jose] .. Killed at Humbolt Street (L-1)
Martinez Brito, Pedro .. Attacker at CMQ (L-1)
Medina Cardentey, Gerardo..
photo Killed
in the Attack (M-1) (L-1)
Monzón [Monzon], J. .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Mora Morales, Menelao .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Nuiry [Sánchez], Juan .. Palace attacker (L-1)
Pacheco Medina, Celestino ..
photo Killed
in the Attack (M-1) (L-1)
Panizo Busto, Eduardo .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Prieto Guillaume, Evelio .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
Reguera, Mario .. Palace attacker (L-1)
Remigio Gonzalez, Marcos Lionel ..
photo A/O main
group; in the truck labeled "Fast delivery". Died in Miami
in 1992. (P-1)
Rodríguez [Rodriguez], Fructuoso .. Palace attacker ..
Killed at Humbolt Street (L-1)
Rodriguez Loeches, Enrique .. Participant (L-1)
Rodríguez [Rodriguez] Mederos, Abelardo ..
photo Killed in the attack
(L-1)
Rosales, Hector .. Palace attacker (L-1)
Téllez Valdés [Tellez Valdes], Pedro ..
photo Killed
in the Attack (M-1) (L-1)
Westbrook, Jose or Joe .. Attacker at CMQ (L-1) .. Killed at
Humbolt Street (L-1)
Zaydén [Zayden], Pedro .. Killed in the attack (L-1)
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