They were executed and thrown into a common grave.
They landed at dawn on 17 April 1961. Due to the mid-day of 19 April they possessed currently been actually beat. The survivors of the 2506 Brigade were actually launched greater than a year later on, in behind time 1962, complying with extreme settlements.
The making it through participants of the getting into pressure are actually still waiting in exile for the drop of the Cuban socialist federal authorities.
Cuba, consequently, commemorates every 19 April the loss, through a little country, of an military of "mercenaries" moneyed due to the world's very most effective nation.
It has actually been actually 60 years.
This is actually the tale of exactly just how the intrusion strategy was actually hatched, why it stopped working, as well as exactly just how it has actually indicated the lifestyle of its own protagonists.
Johnny López de la Cruz, currently 80 years of ages, is actually the present head of state of the Organization of Veterans of the 2506 Brigade. He was actually component of a paratrooper battalion that took part in the intrusion of the Gulf of Pigs. This is actually his tale:
My eyes were actually opened up the time Sergeant Benitez was actually eliminated.
He was actually coming from Batista's authorities, a buddy of the household that never ever left behind Cuba since he thought he possessed performed absolutely nothing at all incorrect.
Initially I sustained Castro. He never ever stated he was actually a Communist. If he possessed performed therefore, no one in Cuba will have actually sustained that.
However quickly later on, individuals began to become performed. Residential or commercial homes as well as lands were actually took as well as nationalised.
Someday, 2 of Castro's guys shown up as well as took Benitez away towards place him on test. I existed, towards sustain him.
It lasted lower than fifty percent a hr. He wasn't also enabled towards talk. He as well as 4 various other guys were actually stated responsible as well as were actually required to an deserted burial ground beyond community.
They were executed and thrown into a common grave.
They were actually performed as well as tossed right in to a typical serious.
I woke up. I didn't comprehend exactly just how you might purchase the implementation of individuals without enabling all of them towards protect on their own. That was actually an misuse of authorization.
After that I began to take part in counter-revolutionary tasks.
Our team will disperse handouts as well as compose "With Fidel" on wall surfaces.
However after that, 2 participants of my team were actually apprehended. Individuals near to me informed me that I was actually following. Therefore I chose 3 buddies towards Havana as well as flew bent on Miami along with phony documents.
When I shown up in the US in 1960 I currently understood that exiles were actually being actually qualified due to the CIA in Guatemala towards get into Cuba. I created my method there a couple of times later on.
In between 1959 as well as 1960, countless anti-Castro young people like Lopez de la Cruz wrapped up that their just choices were actually exile or even using up arms versus the federal authorities.
Very most wound up in the US, a nation ready to money Castro's topple.
The nationalisation of United states markets as well as companies in addition to Castro's enhancing connects along with the Soviet Union quickly resulted in a souring of connections in between Cuba as well as the US.
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