| Rigoberto Cruz | |
| Birth Name: | Rigoberto Cruz Arguello |
| Birth Date: | 6 January 1941 |
| Nationality: | Nicaraguan |
| Alias: | Pablo Ubeda |
| Occupation: | Nicaraguan revolutionary |
| Death Date: | August 27, 1967 |
Rigoberto Cruz (died August 1967) was a Nicaraguan revolutionary who was one of the founders of the Sandinista National Liberation Front in 1961. Cruz, who is better known by his pseudonym Pablo Ubeda,[1] is one of the early martyrs of the Sandinista revolution. He was killed in San Carlos after the battle of Pancasán in August 1967 in one of FSLN's historical defeats.[2]
Rigoberto Cruz is best known by his alias "Pablo Ubeda". He was also nicknamed "El cadejo de Las Segovias" as he was considered a master of disguise. During the insurrection, the North-Eastern Front was named "Frente Nor-Oriental Pablo Ubeda". After the Sandinista triumph in 1979, the special troops of the Ministry of Interior were also named after "Pablo Ubeda".