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Witness History: Fighting for Castro at the Bay of Pigs

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Fighting For Castro at the Bay of Pigs

20/04/2016 GMT

Fighting for Castro at the Bay of Pigs

BBC World Service - Witness History, Fighting for Castro at the Bay of Pigs

A member of Cuba's communist militia recalls battling US-backed invaders in April 1961

Gregorio Moreria was a member of the local communist militia defence force who fought US-backed exiles invading Cuba in April 1961.

In April 1961 a group of Cuban exiles launched an invasion of communist-ruled Cuba in a failed attempt to topple Fidel Castro. After 72 hours of fighting many of the invaders were captured or killed. Gregorio Moreria was a member of the local communist militia who fought against the US-backed invaders. He was injured and briefly captured during the fighting. He spoke to Witness about his ordeal.

(Photo: Members of Castro's militia during the US-backed Bay of Pigs invasion. Credit: Three Lions/Getty Images)

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