Rolando Cubela Secades
Cuban revolutionary leader (1933–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rolando Cubela Secades (19 January 1933 – 23 August 2022) was a Cuban revolutionary leader who played a vital part in the Cuban Revolution, having been a founding member of the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil and later the military leader of the DRE's Escambray Mountain front,[1] achieving the rank of Commander, the highest military rank in the Revolutionary Army. After the Revolution succeeded in 1959, Cubela became Cuba's envoy to UNESCO. Under the cryptonym AM/LASH, Cubela became "an important asset" of the Central Intelligence Agency, and worked with them on plots to assassinate Fidel Castro.[2] In 1966, Cubela was arrested for plotting the assassination of Castro, and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Released in 1979, he went into exile in Spain.
Rolando Cubela Secades | |
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Born | (1933-01-19)19 January 1933 |
Died | 23 August 2022(2022-08-23) (aged 89) Doral, Florida, US |
Occupation | Revolutionary |
Known for | Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil |
Notable work | Leader Escambray Front, Battle of Santa Clara, CIA asset and attempted assassination of Fidel Castro |
Children | 2 |