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Bay of Pigs Invasion - The El Encanto Fire

Time: Thursday Apr 13, 1961

Place: Havana, Cuba

Details: The Cuban security apparatus knew the invasion was coming, via their extensive secret intelligence network. Nevertheless, days before the invasion, multiple acts of sabotage were carried out, such as the El Encanto fire, an arson attack in a department store in Havana on 13 April that killed one shop worker.

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