Manuel Benitez Valdés
Manuel Benítez y Valdés was the Chief of the national police of the Republic of Cuba (1902–1959), Republic of Cuba under President Fulgencio Batista. He has been described as a "...rough, tough General..." He would often carry out Batista's orders with ruthless efficiency. Cuban historian Abel Rojas Barallobre writes that he is "...one of the most nefarious men in the history of Cuba." Early life Benitez's father was Manuel Benítez González, Manuel Benítez y González, a former Machadista (follower of Gerardo Machado) and soldier in the Cuban Liberation Army who helped purge the Spanish Empire from Cuba, and later a journalist for the Havana newspaper ''La Discusión''. Life in Hollywood Before he joined the Cuban army, Benitez was a supporting actor in several movies produced in Hollywood, Los Angeles. It has been written that "''Tenía una suerte loca con las mujeres,''" which is translated to read: "He had crazy luck with women." Nicknamed "El Bonito," or "Pretty ...
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