Tarará Crime

Havana, Jan 9 (RHC) Cuba will pay tribute today to young people murdered in 1992 by counterrevolutionaries in their eagerness to illegally leave the country, known as the Tarará Crime.

In the early hours, a group of criminals attacked the nautical base of Tarará, east of Havana, to steal a boat and flee to the United States, and in the action killed the fighters Orosmán Dueñas, Yuri Gómez, and Rafael Guevara, while Rolando Pérez Quintosa was seriously wounded.

The purpose of the 7 assailants was to reach the United States to take advantage of the Cuban Adjustment Act, but the escape was frustrating and with the survivor's statements and the coordinated action of law and order officers and people, the perpetrators were arrested and tried.

For 37 days Pérez Quintosa, 23 years old, fought for his life but with 4 shots in his abdomen, he died on February 16, despite the medical efforts and the solidarity of the population.

A U.S. transnational company that developed a monoclonal antibody necessary to save the fighter's life refused to sell the product to Cuba, but it arrived anyway through friendly hands. Despite the efforts, Quintosa died.

At the funeral, the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, pointed out that Rolando's life story "is the story of the magnificent Cuban youth, it is the story of the Revolution". (Source: PL)