Rolando Cubela Secades

Rolando Cubela Secades
Born	(1933-01-19)19 January 1933 Cienfuegos, Cuba
Died	23 August 2022(2022-08-23) (aged 89) Doral, Florida, US
Occupation	Revolutionary
Known for	Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil
Notable work	Leader Escambray Front, Battle of Santa Clara, CIA asset and attempted assassination of Fidel Castro
Children	2

Rolando Cubela Secades (19 January 1933 – 23 August 2022) was a Cuban revolutionary leader who played a vital part in the Cuban Revolution, having been a founding member of the Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil and later the military leader of the DRE's Escambray Mountain front,^[1] achieving the rank of Commander, the highest military rank in the Revolutionary Army. After the Revolution succeeded in 1959, Cubela became Cuba's envoy to UNESCO. Under the cryptonym AM/LASH, Cubela became "an important asset" of the Central Intelligence Agency, and worked with them on plots to assassinate Fidel Castro.^[2] In 1966, Cubela was arrested for plotting the assassination of Castro, and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Released in 1979, he went into exile in Spain.