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According to Granma, the fighter Gutierrez Santos died at the age of 92 in the morning of Sunday August 1st due to a pulmonary thromboembolism.
This is the first of the 7 cases of deaths reported so far in which the authorities or the regime's press have made known the causes of death of a military man.
The body of the combatant will be cremated and his ashes will be deposited in the Veterans Pantheon of the Colon Necropolis, "according to his will", according to Granma.
Read more: Death of the 7th military officer of the Cuban communist regime
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Cuban political scientist Julio M. Shiling said that "it is no coincidence" that since the popular uprising that began on July 11, six generals from the Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior have died.
"This is becoming more and more like an Agatha Christie novel," Shiling told The Epoch Times. "It's no coincidence all these numbers of people dead and the disappearance of any physical evidence of their bodies."
Read more: Cuban regime announces military deaths to foment terror
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Fourth Cuban general dies in 8 days. The Ministry of Armed Forces of the Cuban regime (MINFAR) announced on Monday the death of reserve general Manuel Eduardo Lastres Pacheco - making him the fourth high-ranking officer to die in recent days on the island.
According to the communiqué read live on Cuban state television's "Noticiero de Mediodía", Lastres' body was cremated, however, the note sent by MINFAR did not give details of the cause of death or the age of the military officer.
The regime pointed out that Lastres joined Fidel Castro's guerrilla in 1957 and was under the orders of Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
This new announcement comes days after the regime reported the death of Major General Ruben Martinez Puente. As in the case of Lastres, the dictatorship did not report the causes of his death and said that his body would be cremated.
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