104-10180-40199 . " : eye Coveter 12, 1960 oly ° ene oo ° 1G 37_ON_ESCAMAUY i. r "a8 es oe be “ollowi ne, infernatien’ secure! by jurtine the rast 30 . ¢ +@ fren his ceversatiens with Guillepme, Or. Ojeda, Jesus, Fernande, oot’ alentin, Gras lela, Parche, lace, Atha, etc. ani ia nrecertel te . @i'- «nn appreciation ef latest happening ant present situatien in Uscanhr aye itecy: Please check previeus reperts fer accuracy. ‘Tlse was th» fiest ene te take up arma in Sscambray avainst Castre shertly after his takine ever the aeurteye As time went en, ether sreups teex arns ard Started te ererate in different. zenes threughout the Escanbray. veme ef these rreuns were Sinecte, Benvive, Duque, ‘Alba, tamirez, ete. etce as rererted Guillesre, whe is well knwen and liked. in ‘that-zene as the ene respensible fer the IT Frent ef: te Sacanmtray in the fight against Batista, went te the zene frem Kavana, prebahy. ae in the first quarter ef 1960 te erranize his ewn creup ani ererate a clandes« 7 . . tine raije statien. Guillerre hat.a radie statien hidden and left. ‘rem the ee s* .° . previeus fight: against Batista, as‘well ag seme arms and flags hidien inthe a - * genes ulllerme did net take up arms at the time. His ereup was vettine ére Ta : ganized « werking unJe® cever wher he and ethers were surprised semetime : _ fn‘ dune. ae: therabeuts. At that tine seme ef Sujllerme's ereup. were ‘Caner ose ae but Guillerme «et away an] care te “avana were he rerained bdaden iuecmicdroseus tom ipthes arene cg acta , availingscentact frem the “erranys -The company. had evidently premise! bir and his bretier lefinite euprert, prebuhly at the time Guilterre, lanche and ethers in the Of/a inate publle ‘thelr stand arainet cermunism senetime in 1959. Finall ventacted Guilierne there when instructions. were. given te pet hi vHhae Le vasa then trained by the Coupany | ard specific plans ef actien art vrenises were evitently agreed en. Guilt terre | las gent back seretime in lattes mart ef July er begining, ef August 19£0 with the ebvieus instructiens te ercarize actien in Ravana ‘ani then rr eceed. te “scambray te ceerdinate ard epen up _@ rest thers. Up te that time the erreup3s in Uscambrav were in centact with - each ee her bus there was ne cerimen erjettives and ceeperatien., “ach rreup was fiphetine en his ewn and each Lealer, grectally Sinecie L.esiuse ef Fis ergenal arresancy, wanted te be the military leader ef the “sr amhr ay. n Sentem.Guillerme left fer sseanboay with Zesus and Benny. In ‘La Meza’ they jeined a Capte Mesa, « lecter an! ethers thal were alse te Sineciets tn Piece del Tuerte. Tre rarity left ‘La Vena" en September 27, with a 1our3 delay Lecause desus and Renry 4df4 net make centact in Tiinfusces a planned with Guillerme url returned te Havana under Jesu's insistance and fearg. On the way the. party. wet gene milictanes frem a ceererative near by an} 3enny was taken orist erer. at midnight Sept. 27-24 radie centacth was . nade a, scheduled with the oase tut Jesus did "CT received the hase in his ‘ set. Inte belief that theye did net make ¢entact at all with the hase, ‘ the yreun preceed te the last step hefere Sinecie'’s camp, which ts 1 ‘eur walk fren said camp in Pice del Tuerte. Sinecie was surreundead hv treeps wand the carty ceuld ret preceed and awaite! there until a preach ceuld be mad made. «nite there the party heard ef the Srep infAnabanilla., [fet beine able te preceed te Sinecie'’s cuup, Guillerme, the decter and Jesus tecidet te backtrack. The rest ef the party remained! there ani later en were ahle te centinue ari rea.a Sinecle’a camp. “Millerme with the decter and Jesus returned te “La Meza" «fter vamfion the ir equipment in the last sten befere ret irning (fernandez! 8s furi./, undes a tree benind the heuse. There was ne ene in “La feza™ and Gaillerse wit! t' « decter teex a car "en hire (hutere) Trem “la Meza" te Cumanayarua. Jasus Sellewed twe er three henes later, taki aneiner car fer hire a counie ef miles deve the read. Guillerre and the lect& were c@aieht in Cumanavyazua vhile ravine a drink in tewn. A miliciane asked . them questiens and arrested then when hey were net aule te fully identify Lhemseives er perhaps they were recemnized, The decter had aheut "Oloneses hitden in his secks and Guillesne abeut2 200 neses in his secka, anicture ef iis wife ani ef the chillren ari a pi*c® ef naner te eemini hin hew te put the maps tecether but with ne ralatien te it. This saper was ceverine che [pictucs, ani the sictaute ef hia laughter was stanpel en the back "Prietd. er "“Feteralia friete", whit! Laprens te te the name ef tha plete cnanken that tee. the picture in Vavaria. Nethive a se vas fount en them ant the arrest was asinple pick upe Jesus heard ef the greet when arriving te Tamaravarua and pr eres! te “an Seuces arvi te Vavanae esis was stepned tr Lae Crueceg he a nal infane fer juestieninn anc allewel te ‘recent ce the next ‘tem wera he elaice td Be c@ull identify hirgels ait wheee Se gave up his T.3. Tasca supriied Vy the Cenpany (net the ene frem the Mintanente. fe Aewfoultura chto's “asus left fn taverady bat che et bet ene teh og tbete an! re? ateipe,, “eur. ata lise Siwt he was Te,ieved by tie C47 See: las ruses tae the nec ten an! “en thece te Uavaca hy tee mer (hat “agate l toe Sug wink hfe an’ whos be lest f % oe TT ~ Tgaes * ; ae te Tee meetention: L% z a . e. Lat o- - an an
14-00000 ’ és Fey ; genewh= ‘as Caught with Sinecie's eteup. up in arms in the Escambray, ani that Gui-_ .“Sinecle's camp. Sene reperts.state that §ine until they ran ut ef amcendtien “aint then surrendered. Other reperts $ay. that there was net much fighting. because apparently the camp was cevered with: agas that rendered them useless, that a dJeg-was then t © aek” them dewn and all ef them were arrested witheut much ef a resistances - Octeber 16, 19 _ -~~=Centinugdace ; | Canad ere in Havana near his: heuse. . ‘During the teed] evervene was mrasented’ Llerme wag caught when running away. Actually, seme ef them never arrived te clets. ‘pgreup feught eff ‘the attack et leese te his@, soma reperts state that Sinecie killed Benvives befere during an ar- Ment ever. ons that. were ‘drepped and which Sinecile claimed were fér “le It seems there was mers than just ene deep, since the drep en &ept. 29 a which was secured by the militia in "La Campan and that nsequant dreps . s have veen raceived by Rise and Duques!s preups. during the a cenmun ‘ geén. sjuad was erganizel ani sent en Qcteber 11 te cry "Pareden", but the Bee le “in general. frem Santa Clara: definitely we the prisieners,and cteber 12 started a mass eencer=ratien te ask Ser merey ari cermutatien or the death Sentence, | but the sane .cemnunist geen squais cernered the epen eencentratien inte a church and add net allemfehen te preceed. It is net clear wiether infecmties en the Escambray and Guillerne l@ake’ eut befere er after the trd@l, tut evidently much ef it has L@&ed eut an! evervbety is afraid and under cover, waiting Le. see hew deep infittratien has been accemplished. Thera has been a trenendeus Idfieralization anene the greups cennected with the Sec azbray actien ard the reeple in general, but it has censelidated the ce :.ter- atevevitienary greups ab least in that zene. It seens that the greirs up in arms-in Escanbray: Rise, heat erganisel, Duque, ani ethers ars tezether ani ceerdinatins their efferts, That there haa heen mere fighting in Ssecantra> since the urge? an? the militia ani/er army has net been able te taxe ever “se PT OUDSy whe are fighting hack indicating & coordinated netien ani pessesten ef arms and ammunitien which they ifd net seen be ‘ave befere, atcuael received fren subsdquent succen2@1] drepgse Obseryasien: Guillerae never did accenplichas his nissier as he'never did arrive te the greups ur in arms in the Escambray as Military “*eerdinater fer the Canoany. fewoves, his isath has achieved the uni“{eatien e* that frentyar. e veaneral awave:ins @° the pee;ie In ereral,@: eatalt: in ty 12. Be all the peeole “sertencel te feath, Tulllerre wast the enly enc ‘with a clearyisien ef his place ir hilstery and a cer:en eviective. Ths uibers Tid net have any ifealism and were siuple greup leaders, Julllerne iid net talk during Le *@gl ard dil set effer any cemments fer er azainst. The priagfeners were net tortired er even abused, #xcept by verd of meuthe The tribunal pes ened the death s sentence three tinesen Cct eber 12, despite the faet that t'sre was an evident persenal reasen fer killing “uillerme ‘n particular whe hai always eppesed ani steed in “rent ef Filel Sastre and against cenmunisn since thetic university das. Evidently, the jury was waptical e> the pelitical censecuences such death sentences weuld create aceng the Cuban people in sneral, éspecially when Guillerme ani seme ef the ether enes were actualliv spared wy an! made appear te be ur jp, ayms with Sinecie. ‘sfere <r firing syual Gulllerme stated that ""/havé trust duu Ged and in the prepis*. 2 Bisy were evecuted with autematic guns and Suillerme ant ce def tien balan inatant leath at 9:00 pine eon Crteter le, a@ little distance Yree "la Jampana’ Bee Tre heties were returned te Santa Clara lernegtery, bathe ig net yet knewn if they have been returreal te the . ar oy