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THIS IS THE STORY OF THE FIRST LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRAT FARMERS' GUERRILLAS EXECUTED IN THE ESCAMBRAY MOUNTAINS

In the rustic mountains of Escambray, the same as in Vendee during the French revolution, the rebellion against the pre-potent behavior and atheist propaganda of the Communist, exploited soon after 1959. In the border of the mountain complex there is the infamous militia garrison La Campana known for the high number of political prisoners executed by the Marxists there.

Map of Manicaragua, La Campana, Escambray, Cuba

On October 12, 1960, when Castro's regime was in the midst of their terror, executing people after summary trials all over the island, La Campana firing range added some important executions to the list. Five leaders of the Farmer Guerrillas before taking their last breath yelled long live freedom before the bullets of the firing squad ended their existence. Plinio Prieto Ruiz, Porfirio Ramberto Ramirez, Jose Palomino Colon, Sinecio Walsh Rios, y Angel Rodriguez del Sol were executed that day.

Plinio Prieto Ruiz fought with Castro against the dictator Batista and held the rank of Commander of the rebel Army when Batista left the country. He had been an active union organizer and rebelled against the Communists when these began to destroy all the gains of the workers. He went up in the hills again in 1959. He was surrounded in one of his arrays near the town of Cumanayagua and was taken alive to Santa Clara. A summary court sentenced Plinio to death.

Plinio Prieto Ruiz

Porfirio Remberto Ramirez was a Captain in Castro's rebel forces until Batista left in 1959. He returned to study in the university and became the president of the Student Federation in the University of Santa Clara. Castro persecuted him because he rejected Communism. He joined the guerrillas and was captured in the town of Cumanayagua.

Porfirio Remberto Ramirez

Sinecio Walsh Rios was also a Captain of the rebel Army when Batista left in 1959. When he perceived Castro was a Communist he went up in arms in the mountains of Escambray. He was a farmer and was captured after a battle.

Sinecio Walsh Rios

The other members of the guerrilla were condemned with sentences of over 15 years in jail for aiding the logistics of the group.

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