Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Five high-ranking Cuban generals dead in 10 days

Brigadier General Armando Choy Rodriguez, 87, was the latest aging revolutionary to die, with Marta Abreu Central University announcing on Twitter that he passed away Monday.

Manuel Eduardo Lastres Pacheco, a former general who served under Argentine Ernesto "Che" Guevara during the revolution in the late 1950s, passed away, Cuban television confirmed.

Enlarge Image Five Cuban generals have passed away in the last 10 days with no cause of death given for any of them.

Five Cuban generals have passed away in the last 10 days with no cause of death given for any of them.

Marcelo Verdecia Perdomo, another Army Reserve brigadier general and a former Castro bodyguard, died on July 20, the Communist Party newspaper Granma said.

Manuel Eduardo Lastres Pacheco, who served under Ernesto "Che" Guevara in the 1950s was one of the generals who passed away.

AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa According to Florida-based news outlet "Periodico Cubano," the deaths follow that of Brigadier General Ivan Duponte Cabrales in May at the age of 77.

https://nypost.com/2021/07/27/five-high-ranking-cuban-generals-dead-in-10-days/ 

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