[CONFLICT] Student Revolutionary Directorate Attack

CONFLICT

The DRE was founded in 1954 as an anti-communist rebel group by Rolando Cubela Secades, they stormed the Presidential Palace in Havana, attempting to assassinate Batista and decapitate the government. The attack ended in utter failure. The RD's leader, student José Antonio Echeverría, died in a shootout with Batista's forces at the Havana radio station he had seized to spread the news of Batista's anticipated death. The handful of survivors included Dr. Humberto Castello (who later became the Inspector General in the Escambray), Rolando Cubela and Faure Chomon (both later Commandantes of the 13 March Movement, centered in the Escambray Mountains of Las Villas Province). We will try to find and put to trial Rolando Cubela Secades.

Posted Apr 15, 2016, 1:03 AM UTC

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