Brigade 2506

E15528

Cuban exile organization paramilitary group

Brigade 2506 was a CIA-sponsored paramilitary group of Cuban exiles that carried out the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion against Fidel Castro’s government.

Aliases (3)

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cuban exile organization → paramilitary group →
armedWith	B-26 bomber aircraft → M1 Garand rifles → landing craft →
capturedMembers	over 1100 →
casualties	over 100 killed →
commemoratedBy	Brigade 2506 Memorial in Little Havana →
conflict	Bay of Pigs Invasion →
countryOfOrigin	Cuba →
defeatedBy	Cuban militias → Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba →
endTime	1961 →
hasPart	air component → infantry units → naval component → paratrooper units →
headquartersAfterInvasion	Miami, Florida →
ideology	anti-communism →
invasionDate	1961-04-17 →
locationOfFormation	Guatemala →
motto	Libertad o Muerte →
namedAfter	member with ID number 2506 →
notableCommander	José Pérez San Román → Manuel Artime → Pepe San Román →
notableEvent	landing at Playa Girón → landing at Playa Larga →
notableFor	failed amphibious invasion of Cuba in 1961 →
notableMember	Felix Rodriguez → Luis Posada Carriles → Raul Hernandez →
numberOfMembers	approximately 1400 →
operationCodename	Operation Zapata →
opposedTo	Fidel Castro government →
organizedBy	CIA Special Activities Division →
partOf	Bay of Pigs Invasion →
prisonerExchange	1962 →
prisonerExchangeFor	food and medical supplies →
purpose	overthrow Fidel Castro →
relatedEvent	Cuban Missile Crisis → Cuban Revolution →
sponsoredBy	Central Intelligence Agency →
startTime	1960 →
supportedBy	United States government →
trainedIn	Guatemala → Nicaragua →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bay of Pigs Invasion ("Cuban exile brigade") → Bay of Pigs Invasion →	combatant
Bay of Pigs Invasion ("Operation Zapata") →	codeName
Bay of Pigs Monument →	commemorates
Operation Zapata →	hasParticipant
Pepe San Román →	led
Manuel Artime →	memberOf
Pepe San Román →	militaryUnitCommanded
Brigade 2506 ("Libertad o Muerte") →	motto
Operation Zapata →	notableUnit
Bay of Pigs Museum →	topic