Tony de la Guardia (born Antonio de la Guardia y Font in 1939 in

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. He worked in Fidel Castro's administration, and in 1989 was executed, convicted of cocaine trafficking. 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.

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Cuban spies De la Guardia, Tony Executed Cuban people Cuban drug traffickers People executed for drug offences 20th-century executions by Cuba 1939 births 1989 deaths People from Havana People executed by Cuba by firing squad {{espionage-stub