Brigade 2506

Brigade 2506
ActiveMay 1960 – December 1962
Country Cuba
TypeState-sponsored paramilitary organization
RoleGuerrilla warfare
Size1,511
Garrison/HQJMTrax, Guatemala
Motto(s)Overthrow Fidel Castro
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Brigade 2506 (Brigada Asalto 2506) was a CIA-sponsored group of Cuban exiles formed in 1960 to attempt the military overthrow of the Cuban government headed by Fidel Castro. It carried out the abortive Bay of Pigs Invasion landings in Cuba on 17 April 1961.


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