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 and is a controversial figure in Cuban history.

He worked in Fidel Castro's administration, and in 1989 was executed, accused of cocaine trafficking.^[1] However, many observers^{[citation needed]} believe that, along with Arnaldo Ochoa, he had nothing to do with drugs, and was instead eliminated because, with support from the USA and the Cuban exile community, he plotted to overthrow the regime of Fidel Castro.

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. His daughter, Ileana de la Guardia y Fernandez (married to Jorge Masetti), a human rights activist, is trying to liberate her uncle, Patricio, who was sentenced to 30 years of prison in 1989.