Jesús Sosa Blanco
Male, Deceased Person
– 1959
Who was Jesús Sosa Blanco?
Jesús Sosa Blanco was a colonel in the Cuban army under Fulgencio Batista.
After Fidel Castro came to power on February 16, 1959, Sosa was arrested and charged with having committed 108 murders for Batista. His trial took place in the Havana Sports Palace, before 17,000 spectators. Many of those who accused of him of crimes had contradicting statements. Prior to his execution he was heard to say that the scenes were "worthy of ancient Rome".
On February 18, he was found guilty and executed. After his trial, other trials and executions were no longer broadcast live. Gabriel García Márquez attended the trial and execution and used the incident as the basis for his 1975 novel, The Autumn of the Patriarch.
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