TERRORISM AGAINST THE CUBAN PEOPLE PART I
BELOW IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF SOME OF THE ACTS OF TERRORISM BETWEEN 1959 - 1973:
ACTS OF TERRORISM IN THE AIR
- OCTOBER 11,1959 A PLANE DROPS 2 INCENDIARY BOMBS ON THE SUGAR MILL "NIAGARA", IN THE PROVINCE OF PINAR DEL RIO.
- OCTOBER 19 2 BOMBS WERE DROPPED ON THE SUGAR MILL "PUNTA ALEGRE", IN THE PROVINCE OF CAMAGUEY.
- OCTOBER 21 A SMALL PLANE OPENS FIRE IN THE CITY OF HAVANA, CAUSING SEVERAL DEATHS AND DOZENS OF INJURED.
- OCTOBER 22 A SMALL PLANE OPENS FIRE ON A PASSENGER TRAIN IN THE PROVINCE OF LAS VILLAS.
- OCTOBER 26 SMALL PLANES ATTACK THE SUGAR MILL "NIAGARA" AND "VIOLETA"
- FEBRUARY 1, 1960 LARGE FIELDS OF SUGAR CANE WERE BURNED IN THE PROVINCE OF MATANZAS.
- FEBRUARY 7 A SMALL PLANE BOMBS SUGAR CANE FIELDS IN 4 SUGAR MILLS IN THE PROVINCE OF CAMAGUEY.
____________________________________________________________ARMED TERRORIST GROUPS
- BARELY 15 MONTHS AFTER THE TRIUMPH OF THE REVOLUTION, TERRORIST GROUPS BEGAN TO OPERATE IN THE REGION OF THE ESCAMBRAY MOUNTAINS, IN THE OLD PROVINCE OF LAS VILLAS. THESE ARMED GROUPS, WHICH WERE SUPPORTED BY THE CIA AND THE U.S. GOVT., WERE SUPPLIED WITH AMONG OTHER THINGS, ARMS, AMMUNITIONS, EXPLOSIVES AND COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT. BETWEEN 1959 AND 1965 THERE WERE 299 TERRORIST GROUPS, WITH A TOTAL 3995 MEN. EVIDENCE TAKEN OVER THE YEARS, CLEARLY INDICATE THAT ALL THESE GROUPS WERE CONNECTED TO THE CIA AND TERRORIST GROUPS IN MIAMI. IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY THESE BANDS ATTACKED AND MURDERED INNOCENT PEASANTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. IN THEIR ANTI COMMUNIST FERVOR, THEY EVEN WENT AS FAR AS ASSASSINATING LITERACY VOLUNTEERS - YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE HELPING PEASANTS LEARN TO READ AND WRITE.
- SEPTEMBER 29, 1960 A PLANE DROPS ARMS AND EQUIPMENT IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE ESCAMBRAY .
- NOVEMBER 7 A PLANE DROPS ANOTHER SHIPMENT OF BOMBS IN THE ZONE OF BOCA CHICA, IN THE MONTAINS OF THE ESCAMBRAY
- IN THIS TIME PERIOD UNTIL MARCH OF 61 APPROXIMATELY A TOTAL OF 70 TONS OF ARMS WERE DROPPED BY AIR.
TERRORIST ATTACKS BY THESE ARMED GROUPS
-OCTOBER10,1960 ON THE ROAD OF MADRUGA A CEIBA MOCHA, THE ARMED GROUP OF GERARDO FUNDORA FIRED ON A JEEP, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF A MOTHER AND HER 22 MONTH OLD CHILD, REYNALDO NUNEZ- BUENO MACHADO
- IN 1961 THE LITERACY CAMPAIGN WAS INITIATED, WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF APPROXIMATELY 100 THOUSAND VOLUNTEER TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, WHO WENT TO THE REMOTEST PLACES IN THE ISLAND WITH THE INTENTION OF TEACHING ILLITERATES TO READ AND WRITE.
- ON JANUARY 5,1961 VOLUNTEER TEACHER CONRADO BENITEZ GARCIA AND PEASANT ELIODORO RODRIGUEZ LINARES, WERE MURDERED IN LAS TINAJITAS, TRINIDAD, SANCTI SPIRITUS. THEY WERE MURDERED BY MACARIO QUINTAN CARRERO, JULIO EMILIO CARRETERO ESCAJADILLO AND RUPERTO ULACIA, MEMBERS OF AN ARMED GROUP.
- JAN 9 THE TERRORIST BAND OF DANIEL FAUSTINO CARLOS REYES, BURNED A HOUSE IN RIO BLANCO, HAVANA, SHOOTING AND KILLING 11 YEAR OLD LEOPOLDO MARTINEZ IN THE PROCESS-JULY 21 MEMBERS OF THE ARMED GROUP PEDRO GONZALEZ SANCHEZ ATTACKED THE STATE FARM PATRICIO LUMUMBA IN MNANAGUA, TRINIDAD, KILLING IN COLD BLOOD FIDEL CLARO, HIS PREGNANT WIFE, MARIA LUISA PERERA, AND SEVERELY WOUNDING THE FAMILY'S CHILDREN, 7 YEAR OLD JUAN AND 6 YEAR OLD CARMEN
-OCTOBER 3 VOLUNTEER TEACHER DELFIN SEN CEDRE WAS MURDERED IN THE FARM NOVOA, LAS VILLAS.
-NOVEMBER 26 YOUNG VOLUNTEER TEACHER MANUEL ASCUNCE DOMENECH AND PEASANT PEDRO LANTIGUA ORTEGA WERE MURDERED IN SANCTI SPIRITU.
- JANUARY 1962 GUILLERMO HERNANDEZ, A COLLABORATOR OF THE ARMED BANDS, HUNG YOUNG ANDRES ACOSTA AND BURNED HIS HOUSE- MARCH 13 IN SAN NICOLAS DE BARI, HAVANA, YOUNG ANDRES ROJAS ACOSTA WAS HANGED BY THE SAME ROPE HE USED TO TIE UP HIS HOG.
- JUNE 13 12 YEAR OLD ADELA REYES WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED BY THE BAND OF PEDRO GONZALEZ- JULY 2 THE BAND OF JULIO CARRETERO ENTERED THE FARM OF SAN J0SE IN THE ESCAMBRAY MOUNTAINS, BEATING SEVERELY 10 YEAR OLD TEODORA ROJAS AND HER MOTHER, AND MURDERING THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF ANOTHER FAMILY, ANA ROMERO AND EUSTAQUIO ROMERO.
-JANUARY 24, 1963 A VILE TERRORIST ACT KNOWN IN CUBA AS THE CRIME AGAINST THE CHILDREN OF BOLONDRON OCCURRED WHEN TWO CHILDREN, YOLANDA AND AND FERMIN DIAZ, 10 AND 12 YEARS OF AGE, WERE MURDERED AT THE FARM LA CANDELARIA, MATANZAS. IN THIS TERRORIST ATTACK PERPETRATED BY THE ARMED GROUP OF FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ, THE MOTHER OF THE CHILDREN, NICOLASA HERNANDEZ, ALONG WITH HER TWO OTHER DAUGHTERS, JOSEFA AND FEILICIA WERE SEVERELY WOUNDED
- MARCH 4,1963 10 YEAR OLD ALBINIO SANCHEZ WAS MURDERED BY THE ARMED GROUP OF DELIO ALMEIDA IN RETALIATION FOR THE ATTACK BY A GOVT. MILITIA.- MARCH 21 THE BAND OF EVERARDO DIAZ TORTURED AND HUNG RAMON PISCO, A PEASANT AND HIS SON, 16 YEAR OLD EMILIO PISCO, IN THE FARM LA FE, CAMAGUEY
- IN 1965 THE LAST TERRORIST GROUP, THE CAMAGUEY FRONT, LED BY JUAN ALBERTO MARTINEZ ANDRADE, WAS DEFEATED.
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ACTS OF TERRORISM AND SABOTAGE
-MARCH 4,1960 IN THE PORT OF HAVANA, ONE OF THE MOST VILEST ACTS OF SABOTAGE AND TERRORISM OCCURRED WHEN THE FRENCH SHIP "LA COUBRE", LOADED WITH ARMS BOUGHT FROM BELGIUM, EXPLODED IN THE HARBOR OF HAVANA, KILLING 101, AMONG THEM 6 FRENCH SAILORS, AND LEAVING DOZENS WOUNDED.
- OCTOBER 30 A GROUP OF COUNTER REVOLUTIONARIES HIJACKED AN AIRLINER, KILLING A SECURITY OFFICER AND SEVERELY WOUNDING THE PILOT, AS WELL AS WOUNDING 12 YEAR OLD, ARGELIO HERNANDEZ. THESE TERRORISTS WERE RECEIVED AS HERO BY THE MIAMI EXILE.
- DECEMBER 24 A BOMB EXPLODES IN A CAFETERIA OF THE STORE FLOGAR, RESULTING IN 15 WOUNDED, INCLUDING, 13 YEAR OLD JUAN ROMAGOSA, HIS SISTER, 15 YEAR OLD, MARTA AND THEIR MOTHER ALICIA GARCIA. ALSO WOUNDED, 5 YEAR OLD OLGA DE CARDENAS AND 14 YEAR OLD MARTA ABORROTODE.
- DECEMBER 31 A POWERFUL BOMB EXPLODES ON A STREET OF HAVANA SEVERELY WOUNDING, TERESA DIAZ, AND HER 7 MONTH OLD SON WHO SHE WAS CARRYING. ALSO SEVERELY WOUNDED IS HER OTHER SON 3 YEAR OLD OMAR, AND HIS GRANDFATHER ROGELIO.
-MARCH 13,1961 THE REFINERY "HERMANOS DIAZ" IN SANTIAGO DE CUBA, WAS ATTACKED BY AN ARMED BOAT PROCEEDING FROM THE U.S. BASE IN GUANTANAMO, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF A 27 YEAR OLD SAILOR RENE RODRIGUEZ HERNANDEZ. -APRIL13,1961 IN HAVANA A HUGE STORE NAMED "EL ENCANTO" WAS SET AFIRE BY THE TERRORIST CARLOS L. GONZALEZ VIDAL, MEMBER OF A GROUP KNOWN AS MRP.
THIS TERRORIST ATTACK, CAUSED THE DEATH OF A WOMAN WORKER, FE DEL VALLE RAMOS, AND INJURY TO 18 WORKERS.
-MAY 28,1961 TERRORISTS SET AFIRE THE THEATER "RIEGO" IN THE CITY OF PINAR DEL RIO, DURING A CHILDREN'S SHOW, RESULTING IN THE DEATHS OF 26 CHILDREN AND 14 ADULTS.
-SEPTEMBER 5,1963 TWO PLANES BOMB THE CITY OF SANTA CLARA, RESULTING IN THE DEATH OF A TEACHER, FRABIC AGUILAR NORIEGA AND INJURING THREE OF HIS CHILDREN. -DECEMBER 23,1963 A CIA COMMANDO PROCEEDING FROM THE U.S., UTILIZING UNDERWATER EXPLOSIVES, SANK A CUBAN TORPEDO BOAT LT-385, OFF THE COAST OF THE ISLE OF YOUTH, THUS KILLING, THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHIP LEONARDO LUBERTA NOY AND THE SAILORS JESUS MENDOZA LAROSA, FE DE LA CARIDAD HERNANDEZ JUBON Y ANDRES GAVILLA SOTO.-MARCH 27,1966 A TERRORIST HIJACKS A PLANE IN FLIGHT WITH THE INTENTION OF FLYING TO THE U.S. AND KILLS THE CAPTAIN OF THE PLANE, FERNANDO ALVAREZ PEREZ, WHEN HE VALIANTLY REFUSED THE HIJACKER'S DEMAND AND LANDED IN HAVANA.
-OCTOBER 12,1971 A SPEED BOAT AND A LARGER VESSEL PROCEEDING FROM THE U.S. FIRES ON THE TOWN OF BOCA DE SAMA, IN THE NORTHERN COAST OF ORIENTE. THIS COWARDLY ACT AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATION, RESULTED IN TWO DEATHS AND THE INJURY OF SEVERAL PEOPLE, AMONG THEM TWO CHILDREN.
-OCTOBER 4,1973 TWO CUBAN FISHING BOATS, CAYO LARGO 17 AND CAYO LARGO 34, ARE ATTACKED BY TWO ARMED VESSELS PROCEEDING FROM MIAMI. THE TERRORIST KILL CUBAN FISHERMAN ROBERTO TORNA MIRABAL AND ABANDON THE REST IN RUBBER RAFTS, WITHOUT FOOD AND WATER.
