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Bay of Pigs Invasion

The El Encanto Fire

Thursday Apr 13, 1961
Havana, Cuba

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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