Miami Herald: EXECUTIONS IN CUBA

Published Friday, May 7, 1999, in the Miami Herald

EXECUTIONS IN CUBA

Executions reported in provincial newspapers:

Francisco Javier Chavez Palacios. Convicted of April 4, 1997, murder of a Communist Party official in a fight in the eastern city of Bayamo. No execution date reported.

Jose Luis Osorio Zamora. Convicted of murdering a child in eastern city of Manzanillo. No dates given for crime or execution.

Luis Carlos Velazquez Cabrera and Felix Joaquin Sanchez Ramos. Executed March 5 for separate murders in rural areas outside eastern city of Victoria de las Tunas in 1997.

Roberto Rodriguez Galano and Carlos Mario Martinez Diaz. Executed in the first half of March. Murdered an acquaintance during a robbery in 1997 in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba.

Carlos Garcia Bermudez and Felix Garcia Gonzalez. Executed March 10 for murdering a peasant during a 1997 robbery attempt in central city of Sancti Spiritus.

Reported by independent journalist Marvin Hernandez:

Irovelio Hernandez and Reynaldo Daniel Ramos Ramirez. Executed March 26 on charges of murder and possession of illegal weapons.