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Cigars · La Habana

Hoyo de Monterrey / Punch (Palicio)

Confiscated cigar factory/brands

🔴 Stateℹ️ Atlas — info only⚠️ Title III risk — potential
Scale
~13% of Havana cigar exports 1958
Status
Confiscated 1959-60; Palicio left for FL
Sector
Cigars
Province
La Habana
Coordinates
23.133, -82.358
Layer
Layer 2 · Atlas
Controlling entity
Habanos S.A.

State + foreign-partner cigar distribution monopoly. Current holder of the confiscated Cuban cigar marques (Partagás, Montecristo, H. Upmann, Romeo y Julieta, Hoyo de Monterrey).

Helms-Burton · confiscated property
⚠️ Title III risk — potential
Original owner (1960)
Palicio family
1972 certified value
uncertified
Current claim-holder
Habanos S.A. (Cuban) / General Cigar, Honduras (non-Cuban)
Certified (FCSC)
No — uncertified
Title III status

potential

Sources: Cigar Aficionado