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[[File:Fidel Castro with Augusto Martinez Sanchez 1960.jpg|thumb|Fidel Castro with Augusto Martinez Sanchez in a CTC meeting, 1960]] |
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At the beginning of the sixties, he was appointed Minister of Labor. In 1964 he was removed from this position by Fidel Castro personally due to strong accusations of corruption.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cafefuerte.com/miami/noticias-de-miami/sociedad/694-de-visita-en-miami-figura-historica-de-la-revolucion-cubana-2 |title=De visita en Miami figura histórica de la revolución cubana |access-date=2014-01-12 |archive-date=2013-08-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130829050609/http://cafefuerte.com/miami/noticias-de-miami/sociedad/694-de-visita-en-miami-figura-historica-de-la-revolucion-cubana-2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
At the beginning of the sixties, he was appointed Minister of Labor. In 1964 he was removed from this position by Fidel Castro personally due to strong accusations of corruption.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cafefuerte.com/miami/noticias-de-miami/sociedad/694-de-visita-en-miami-figura-historica-de-la-revolucion-cubana-2 |title=De visita en Miami figura histórica de la revolución cubana |access-date=2014-01-12 |archive-date=2013-08-29 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130829050609/http://cafefuerte.com/miami/noticias-de-miami/sociedad/694-de-visita-en-miami-figura-historica-de-la-revolucion-cubana-2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Augusto Martínez Sánchez (1923 – 2 February 2013) was a Cuban lawyer, military, and politician; one of the commanders of the Cuban Revolution, close to Fidel Castro. Martínez Sánchez was a member of the July 26 Movement since April 1958 and participated in the guerrilla struggle in Sierra Maestra against the government of Fulgencio Batista, attached to the Second Eastern Front "Frank País", under the direct orders of Raúl Castro.
Military Prosecutor
In 1959 he was appointed Military Prosecutor directing the purges against the military and police forces that had served Batista. From this position, he was responsible for the execution of those Batista elements who had committed crimes against humanity against the Cuban civilian population.
Minister of National Defense
Upon the triumph of the rebel forces, he was appointed Minister of National Defense of the first cabinet of the revolutionary government chaired by Manuel Urrutia, according to a decree of January 10, 1959. But always under the direct orders of Fidel Castro.
Martínez Sánchez was the first substitute as Prime Minister on Castro's trip to New York in April 1959. In December of that same year, Martínez Sánchez's car was the target of an attack by opponents of the revolutionary government, in which they were injured. three of his escorts.
Revolutionary Court
On March 29, 1962, he was appointed Judge of the Revolutionary Court that tried the participants in the Invasion of the Bay of Pigs on April 17, 1961. Commanders Juan Almeida Bosque, Guillermo García, Sergio del Valle, and Manuel Piñeiro were also members of this Court. He worked also with Piñeiro in the Ministry of the Interior.
Minister of Labor
At the beginning of the sixties, he was appointed Minister of Labor. In 1964 he was removed from this position by Fidel Castro personally due to strong accusations of corruption.[1]
Suicide attempt
On December 8, 1964, apparently as a result of errors in his work, Augusto Martínez Sánchez shot himself in the head[2] but failed in his suicide attempt and survived. He never returned to public life. He went into retirement with the rank of colonel in the late 1980s.
Between October and December 2010, he traveled with permission to Miami, United States of America, where his eldest son Augusto Martínez resided since the early eighties; later the Cuban ex-military man returned to the island.
His last wish was to be cremated and his ashes deposited in the Veterans Pantheon of the Colón Cemetery, Havana, Cuba.
References
- ^ "De visita en Miami figura histórica de la revolución cubana". Archived from the original on 2013-08-29. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
- ^ "Castro Aide Attempts Suicide After Dismissal for 'Mistakes'". The New York Times. 9 December 1964. Retrieved 2022-07-19.