Joaquín Casillas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Casillas and the second or maternal family name is Lumpuy.
Joaquín Casillas Lumpuy
Born(1907-11-24)24 November 1907
Sancti Spíritus, Santa Clara Province, Republic of Cuba
Died2 January 1959(1959-01-02) (aged 51)
Santa Clara, Las Villas Province, Republic of Cuba
Cause of deathExecution by firing squad
Allegiance Republic of Cuba
Branch Cuban Constitutional Army
RankColonel
Conflicts

Joaquín Casillas Lumpuy (24 November 1907 – 2 January 1959) was a Cuban military officer and commanding officer in the Cuban Constitutional Army who in 1948 was convicted of murdering the union leader Jesús Menéndez. He was summarily executed after the day of the Triumph of the Revolution.

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