1962: US-Backed Death Squads Torture and Murder Four Workers in Cuba
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"Four workers are tortured and murdered at the hands of counterrevolutionaries operating in the El Jibaro zone of Las Villas."
Source: Escalante (1995), The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1962, p. 186
1962: Soldiers from Guantánamo Naval Base Fire into Cuba
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"Soldiers from the Guantánamo Naval Base fire a total of 13 shots in
the direction of Cuban positions"
Source: Escalante (1995), The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1962, p. 186
1962: US Senators Call for Intervention in Cuba
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"Three US senators advocate direct aggression against Cuba. George Smathers, Strom Thurmond and Kenneth B. Keating ask the United States to sponsor an international military alliance similar to NATO to deal with the problem of Cuba"
Source: Escalante (1995), The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1962, p. 186