Eloy Gutiérrez Menoyo (December 8, 1934 – October 26, 2012) was a revolutionary who led the guerrilla force Second National Front of Escambray during the Cuban Revolution against Fulgencio Batista and later opposed the government of Fidel Castro over its pro-Soviet leanings.

[2] On January 3 of 1959, Eloy and his troops entered the City of Havana, Cuba a few days before Fidel Castro.

However, in January 1961, events took a turn against these anti-Castro 2nd Version members and Eloy and about 12 military and civilian supporters fled to the US on a boat.

[3] However, after the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, Eloy led an armed incursion into Cuba in December 1964, but was captured, jailed, and abused, on one occasion being beaten nearly to death by guards.

[8] In 2003, Eloy left the USA and returned to Cuba where he would remain for the rest of his life as a "tolerated dissident".