Cuba releases identities of 113 victims of plane crash

Authorities confirm 110 died in plane crash outside Havana

HAVANA – Cuban officials released the identities of the victims of the plane crash outside of Havana. 

A Cuban doctor said Monday that two of the three survivors were in "extremely" critical condition. An official at the coroner's office said only 36 of the bodies  have been identified.  

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There were two victims from Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, two from Argentina and seven Mexicans, including a cancer survivor. The rest were from Cuba and included ten married couples who were evangelical pastors for the Nazarene Church. 

Three survivors

1. Mailén Díaz Almaguer, 19. 

2. Gretell Landrovell Font, 23.

3. Emiley Sánchez de la O, 39, is a mother from Holguin. 

110 dead

1. Alexia Garcia Leyva

2. Kendry Morales Meneses

3. Gabriela Machado Morales

4. Diego Pérez Chacón

5. Alexa Rivas Figueredo

6. Marina García Vega

7. Maria Elena Aguilar Ramos

8. Mirta Leonarda Anaya Peña

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9. Martha Cabrera Caballero

10. Julio Toribio Espinosa Licea

11. Israel Gálvez Martínez

12. Rodolfo Hernández González

13. Vivian Paula Martínez Fernández

14. Magalys Miranda Pérez

15. Maricela Peña Blanco

16. Yainelín Rodríguez Aguedo

17. Eddy Antonio Rodríguez Hernández

18. Ernesto Roberto Rodriguez Oliva

19. Nirza Rodriguez Rondón

20. Luis Manuel Rojas Pérez

21. María Salomé Sánchez Arévalo

22. Tania María Santiesteban Prado

23. Maricela Sánchez Peña

24. Carlos Antonio Santos González

25. Carmen Rosa Silva Zambrano

26. Norma Suárez Niles

27. Daniel Terrero Charchabal, 21, was turning 22 on Sunday. His mother, Maidi Charchabal, said she heard the explosion but didn't know it was his flight. She said he worked in the tourism industry. 

28. Yanira Torres Cruz

29. Iliana Trinchet Mendoza

30. Inés Emilia Trinchet Mendoza

31. Caleb Valdés Gallego

32. Raúl Valdés López

33. Juana Amparo Valdes Peralta

34. Ania Varona Abrahan

35. Juan Luis Vega Velázquez

36. Rafael Vega Velázquez

37. Margarita Elena Velázquez Espinosa

38. Ronni Alain Pupo Pupo

39. Mariela Cruz Torres

40. Nelson Osorio Pérez

41. María Virgen Filandez Rojas

42. Enrique Alfredo Martínez Nates

43. Ricardo De La Caridad Martínez Hernández

44. Anyelis Meneses Del Rio

45. Luz Marina Milanés Cartaya

46. Yurisel Milagros Miranda Mulet

47. Adonayda Morales Varona

48. Elva María Mosqueda Legrá

49. Yailenis Navarro Díaz

50. Juan Carlos Nogueras Leyva

51. Karina Beatríz Oliva Mir

52. Eloy Ortiz Abad

53. Jorgelino Ortiz Cruz

54. Yanet Rosa Paz Ramírez

55. Yunaisi Pelegrino Reyes

56. Gelover Martín Pérez Avalo

57. Pedro Oscar Pérez Batista

58. Pedro Pablo Trujillo Ravelo

59. Grettel Isel De La Cruz Cutiño

60. Yunisleidys Abreu Lara

61. Ana Aguedo Rodriguez

62. Manuel David Aguilar Saavedra

63. Alejandro José Alvarez Crespo

64. Lázaro Garcia Amador

65. Marla Elizabeth Bauta Rodriguez

66. Maida Francisca Abdala Almoza

67. Leticia De La Caridad Almenares Pantoja

68. Raimundo Guillermo Almenares Sánchez

69. Julio César Avilés Gómez

70. Iskander Antonio Báster Pérez

71. Lorenzo Boch Bring

72. Jorge Alberto Borrego Cabrera

73. Jorge Luis Buitrago Cabrera

74. Gisel Buitrago Santiesteban

75. Carlos Miguel De La Cruz Cutiño

76. Juan Alberto De La Torre Alcántara

77. Adonis Díaz Oberto

78. SuyenLizandra Figueredo Driggs

79. José Carlos Figueroa Campos

80. GrisellFilandes Clark

81. Migdalia De La Caridad Gallego Nuñez

82. Jesús Manuel García Oberto

83. Enrique González Arguelle

84. Yandro Enrique González Mendez

85. Jorge Luis Guerra Concepción

86. Nelson Ramón Hernandez Rodríguez

87. Yisell Herminia Infante Miranda

88. Mónica Leyva García

89. Jose Angel Leyva Chapman

90. Carlos Enrique Llauró Meneses

91. Jean Michel Lopez Salinas

92. Miguel López Marrero

93. Patricia Dayvin Crespo Llanes

94. Yoneisi Cordovez Rodriguez

95. Lirise Cruz Pérez

96. Noelbis Hernández Guerrero

97. Frank Torres González

98. Meinaldo Duverger Ramos

99. Yovanys Ricardo Mora

100. Mohamed Hach (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

101. Abderrahm Fadel Mustafa (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

102. Oscar Hugo Almaras (Mar del Plata, Argentina): He worked at Citibank before retiring. 

103. Dora Beatriz Cifuentes De Almaras (Mar del Plata, Argentina): She was a neonatal unit nurse before retiring. 

104. Rosa Isela Savala Franco (Mexico): The cancer survivor was a single mother of four who traveled to Cuba for injections of a vaccine made from scorpion venom. 

105. Miguel Arreola Ramírez (Mexico): The co-pilot loved to make sushi for house partied and did not have children. 

106. Jorge Nuñez Santos.  (Mexico): The pilot worked for Global Air, the company that was leasing the plane to Cubana de Aviacion. He had an adult daughter. 

107. Marco López Pérez.  (Mexico):  A Global Air maintenance worker. 

108. María Ríos Rodríguez.  (Mexico): A Global Air flight attendant.

109. Abigail Hernández García.  (Mexico):  A Global Air flight attendant. 

110. Guadalupe Limon García.  (Mexico): A Global Air flight attendant.


About the Authors

In January 2017, Hatzel Vela became the first local television journalist in the country to move to Cuba and cover the island from the inside. During his time living and working in Cuba, he covered some of the most significant stories in a post-Fidel Castro Cuba. 

The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.

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