Brigade 2506

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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.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Brigade 2506 canonical 14
Brigade 2506 leaders 1
Cuban exile brigade 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cuban exile organization
paramilitary group
armedWith Douglas A-26 Invader
surface form: B-26 bomber aircraft

M1 Garand rifles
landing craft
capturedMembers over 1100
casualties over 100 killed
commemoratedBy Bay of Pigs Monument
surface form: Brigade 2506 Memorial in Little Havana
conflict Bay of Pigs Invasion
countryOfOrigin Cuba
defeatedBy Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba
surface form: Cuban militias

Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba
endTime 1961
hasPart air component
infantry units
naval component
paratrooper units
headquartersAfterInvasion Miami, Florida, United States
surface form: Miami, Florida
ideology anti-communism
invasionDate 1961-04-17
locationOfFormation Guatemala
motto Brigade 2506 self-linksurface differs
surface form: Libertad o Muerte
namedAfter member with ID number 2506
notableCommander José Pérez San Román
Manuel Artime
Pepe San Román
notableEvent Playa Girón
surface form: 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

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Input
Subject: Brigade 2506
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bay of Pigs Invasion combatant Brigade 2506
this entity surface form: Cuban exile brigade
Bay of Pigs Invasion combatant Brigade 2506
Bay of Pigs Invasion codeName Brigade 2506
this entity surface form: Operation Zapata
Brigade 2506 motto Brigade 2506 self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Libertad o Muerte
Manuel Artime memberOf Brigade 2506
Bay of Pigs Monument commemorates Brigade 2506
Operation Zapata hasParticipant Brigade 2506
Operation Zapata notableUnit Brigade 2506
Bay of Pigs Museum topic Brigade 2506
Pepe San Román led Brigade 2506
Raul Hernandez memberOf Brigade 2506
Raul Hernandez hasParticipant Brigade 2506
subject surface form: Bay of Pigs Invasion
Zapata Plan participant Brigade 2506
Zapata Plan notableCommander Brigade 2506
this entity surface form: Brigade 2506 leaders