Aldo Vera Serafin

Aldo Vera Serafin
Born	c. 1933 La Habana, Cuba
Died	October 26, 1976 (aged 43) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Cause of death	Gunshot wounds
Known for	Victim of unsolved homicide

Aldo Vera Serafin (c. 1933 – October 26, 1976)^[1] was a Cuban exile^[2] who was once a top police official for Prime Minister Fidel Castro. He later split with Castro.

Background

In January 1959, he was named head of the technical investigations department, the main intelligence organ of the Cuban police. Vera became disenchanted with communism and fled Cuba in 1961. On October 26, 1976, Vera was hit with two shots fired from an automobile in a suburb of San Juan, Puerto Rico,^[3] as he was stepping out of a bakery on the way to a meeting with members of an anti-Castro political group. Serafin died almost immediately.^[4] His death has never officially been solved.^[5]

See also

• List of unsolved murders

References

1. Gutset. "The Cuban Assassination That Could Kill Obama's Detente Deal |". Retrieved 2022-11-02.
2. Gutset. "Aldo Vera |". Retrieved 2022-11-02.
3. "Aldo Vera Serafin". www.latinamericanstudies.org. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
4. "Former High Cuban Aide Who Broke With Castro Shot to Death in San Juan". The New York Times. 1976-10-27. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
5. Kryt, Jeremy (26 October 2015). "The Cuban Assassination That Could Kill Obama's Detente Deal". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2020-02-22.