Lidia Doce

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Lidia Esther Doce Sánchez (27 August 1916 – 17 September 1958) was a Cuban revolutionary and courier. She worked with fellow courier Clodomira Acosta, and she carried messages for Che Guevara. On 12 September 1958, she was arrested with Acosta while on a mission in Havana. Both women were tortured and killed, and their bodies were dumped into the sea. In the decades since their deaths, Doce and Acosta have been memorialized as martyrs of the Cuban Revolution.

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