What is Rolando Cubela Secades?
{{Infobox person | name = Rolando Cubela Secades | image = Rolando Cubela Secades.webp | alt = | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = 1932 | birth_place = [[Cienfuegos]], Cuba | death_date = 23 August 2022 (aged 90) | death_place = | burial_place = | nationality = Cuban | citizenship = |module= | other_names = | occupation = Revolutionary | years_active = | known_for = Directorio Revolucionario Estudiantil | notable_works = El Ataque al Palacio Presidential }} '''Rolando Cubela Secades''' (1932 – 23 August 2022) was a Cuban revolutionary leader. He played an important part in the [[Cuban Revolution]]. He was a founding member of the [[Directorio Revolucionario Estudantil]] (DRE) and later the military leader of the DRE's Escambray Mountain front. In 1966 Cubela was arrested for plotting the [[assassination]] of [[Fidel Castro]] and was sentenced to twenty-five years in [[prison]]. Afterwards, he went into exile to [[Spain]], and became a doctor.<ref>Jose M. Cardona (1998), [https://books.google.com/books?id=gzUcAQAAIAAJ ''Information Services on Latin America''], ISLA, Volume 53, Issue 12</ref> Cubela Secades died on 23 August 2022 at the age of 90.<ref>[https://www.periodicocubano.com/fallecio-en-miami-el-excomandante-cubano-rolando-cubela-quien-intento-matar-a-fidel-castro/ Falleció en Miami el excomandante cubano Rolando Cubela, quien intentó matar a Fidel Castro] {{in lang|es}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cubela Secades, Rolando}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Cuban military people]] [[Category:Cuban activists]] {{bio-stub}}