Anti-Castro resistance in Cuba
In 1959, Fidel Castro came to power in an armed revolt that overthrew Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. The US government distrusted Castro and was wary of his relationship with Nikita Khrushchev, the leader of the Soviet Union...
After the success of the Cuban Revolution in January 1959, counter-revolutionary groups grew, particularly in the Mountains, where the War Against the Bandits guerrilla continued. The CIA supported and supplied various groups with arms and other resources, but they were not included in the invasion plans due to concerns about information security. No quarter was given during the suppression of the resistance in the Mountains, where former rebels from the war against Batista took different sides.
On 3 April 1961, a bomb attack on militia barracks in Bayamo killed four militia, and wounded eight more. On 6 April, a sugar factory in Matanzas was destroyed by sabotage. On 14 April 1961, guerrillas led by Agapito Rivera fought Cuban government forces near Las Cruces, Montembo, Las Villas, where several government troops were killed and others wounded. Also on 14 April 1961, a Cubana airliner was hijacked and flown to Jacksonville, Florida; resultant confusion then helped discovery of the staged 'defection' of a B-26 and pilot at Miami on 15 April.
After the success of the Cuban Revolution in January 1959, counter-revolutionary groups grew, particularly in the Mountains, where the War Against the Bandits guerrilla continued. The CIA supported and supplied various groups with arms and other resources, but they were not included in the invasion plans due to concerns about information security. No quarter was given during the suppression of the resistance in the Mountains, where former rebels from the war against Batista took different sides.
On 3 April 1961, a bomb attack on militia barracks in Bayamo killed four militia, and wounded eight more. On 6 April, a sugar factory in Matanzas was destroyed by sabotage. On 14 April 1961, guerrillas led by Agapito Rivera fought Cuban government forces near Las Cruces, Montembo, Las Villas, where several government troops were killed and others wounded. Also on 14 April 1961, a Cubana airliner was hijacked and flown to Jacksonville, Florida; resultant confusion then helped discovery of the staged 'defection' of a B-26 and pilot at Miami on 15 April.
