Raúl Díaz-Argüelles

Raúl Díaz-Argüelles García (14 September 1936 – 11 December 1975) was a Cuban military officer who participated in the Cuban Revolution and internationalist missions in Africa. Díaz-Argüelles arrived in Angola in 1975, using the pseudonym Domingos da Silva to organize military schools for the FAPLA. In Lisbon, he had been negotiating the entry of Cuban troops since April 1975. Despite this, and facing the South African Army, troops from Zaire, and the FNLA, Díaz-Argüelles assumed command of the Southern Front of Cuban and Angolan forces. During the Battle of Ebo, he set an ambush at a bridge crossing the Mabassa River, dying at age 39 due to injuries from an anti-tank mine explosion that destroyed his armored vehicle on 11 December 1975.