Raúl Castro - Kidnapping 36 hostages

Time: Thursday Jun 26, 1958

Place: The North Coast of Oriente Province, Cuba

Details: On 26 June 1958, Raúl Castro's rebels kidnapped ten Americans and two Canadians from the property of Moa Bay Mining Company (an American company) on the north coast of Oriente Province. The next day rebels took hostage 24 US servicemen on leave from the United States naval base at Guantanamo Bay. This incident brought total kidnapped hostages to 36 (34 US and 2 Canadian citizens).

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