Tony de la Guardia

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Tony de la Guardia (born Antonio de la Guardia y Font in 1939 in Havana, Cuba - 1989 in Havana, Cuba) was a Colonel in the Cuban Ministry of Interior. He worked in Fidel Castro's administration, and in 1989 was executed, convicted of cocaine trafficking. [1]

He was the son of Mario de Guardia y Curbelo and Graziella Font. He had an older brother, Mario and a twin brother, Patricio de la Guardia y Font who was sentenced to 30 years of prison in 1989, eventually being released in July 2019. [2]

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  1. "De la Guardia involved with cocaine ?".
  2. "Former General Patricio de la Guardia Font released after serving 30 years of sentence".