The soldier Gilberto Antonio Cardero Sánchez dies in Cuba

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(CNN Spanish) -

Cuban television reported this Wednesday the death of the military officer Gilberto Antonio Cardero Sánchez.

During its broadcast, the state-run Canal Caribe read a note from the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces with a brief review of his career.

However, they did not provide further details on the cause of death.

They reported that in May 1957 he joined column 1 of the rebel army under the orders of Fidel Castro.

Later, "he was selected to found the Second Eastern Front Frank País, where he remained until the triumph of the revolution."

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According to Canal Caribe, Cardero Sánchez had different responsibilities in the Cuban Armed Forces, related to the preparation of military operations, the construction of defense-related works and also economic and social development plans.

According to the broadcast, his remains were cremated and his ashes deposited in the veterans' pantheon in the Christopher Columbus Cemetery, in Havana.

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Later, they will be transferred to the mausoleum of the Second Eastern Front Frank País in the province of Santiago de Cuba.