Breaking news: another senior leader of the FAR dies — Brigadier General Antonio Rafael Concepción Quintero

This Wednesday, June 24, 2026, the independent journalist Mag Jorge Castro published in

What Mag Jorge Castro says

In his publication on June 24 at 7:17 p.m. (Cuba time), Castro wrote: «⚠️⚠️Another senior leader of the regime's armed forces dies. "The regime announced the death of Reserve Brigadier General Antonio Rafael Concepción Quintero."

The journalist added a judgment of context: "What we will see from now on is a bleeding of senior officials, almost all of them over 90 years old." The message comes while Cuba is still paying tribute to the death of commander Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, announced on Sunday, June 21 and confirmed by the state press (Rebellious Youth, CiberCuba).

Context: an aging military leadership

The death of Concepción Quintero joins a sequence of deaths of historical generals and commanders that independent media have documented in recent years. CubaNet and other outlets in the diaspora keep records from MINFAR about reserve brigadiers who die relatively frequently, in a context of aging of the revolutionary elite.

With the death of Valdés – 94 years old –, the so-called historical generation was essentially reduced to Raúl Castro (95 years old) and Guillermo García Frías, according to recent analysis by media such as CiberCuba. Concepción Quintero's announcement reinforces Castro's thesis about a forced replacement due to age in the upper echelons of the FAR.

What remains to be confirmed

As of the closing of this note, MARGENEZ has not located in open sources an independent statement from MINFAR with the general's complete biography or data on age, cause of death or funeral ceremony. Castro's material reproduces the state announcement; We will compare it with the official report as soon as it is available in Granma, Juventud Rebelde or the ministry's website.

In summary

Who died? Antonio Rafael Concepción Quintero, brigadier general of the reserve. When? Announced on June 24, 2026. Who reported it first? Mag Jorge Castro in X, citing a statement from the regime. Context? National mourning for Ramiro Valdés; aging of the military leadership. What's missing? Detailed official part, age and funeral.