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Cuba Receives Remains of 32 Killed in U.S. Caracas Operation, Opens Two Days of Honors

The public mourning follows Havana’s first formal acknowledgment of a Cuba–Venezuela security mission, highlighting intensifying pressure from Washington.

Cuba recibe y rinde honores a sus 32 soldados muertos durante la intervención de EE. UU. en Venezuela
Trabajadores colocan la bandera cubana a media asta en la Tribuna Antiimperialista, cerca de la embajada de Estados Unidos en La Habana, el lunes 5 de enero de 2026, en memoria de los cubanos fallecidos dos días antes en Caracas durante la captura del presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro por fuerzas estadounidenses. (Foto AP/Ramón Espinosa)
ARCHIVO - Decenas de personas hacen fila bajo la lluvia para presentar sus últimos respetos a los oficiales cubanos muertos en la operación estadounidense para capturar al presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, en La Habana, Cuba, el 15 de enero de 2026. (AP Foto/Ramón Espinosa, archivo)
Cuba rindió honras fúnebres a los 32 militares fallecidos durante la captura de Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela. (Gentileza)

Overview

  • Urns with the ashes of 32 Cuban personnel arrived in Havana and were received in a state ceremony led by Interior Minister Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas, with public viewings at the Defense Ministry near Plaza de la Revolución.
  • State television showed wounded personnel returning from Venezuela without an official count, though images displayed more than a dozen arrivals, including some in wheelchairs.
  • Cuban authorities said the dead served under the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Interior Ministry as part of a bilateral security pact, releasing names, ranks and ages that ranged roughly from mid‑20s to late‑60s.
  • Authorities scheduled a mass rally Friday at the Tribuna Antiimperialista in front of the U.S. Embassy, with additional provincial tributes and burials in local pantheons for the fallen.
  • Tensions with the United States have sharpened as President Donald Trump warned Cuba it would receive no more oil or money from Venezuela and urged an agreement with Washington.