| 1957 Havana Presidential Palace attack | |||
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| Part of the Cuban Revolution | |||
&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Havana_Presidential_Palace_attack,_March_13,_1957.jpg) Armed DR militants advancing through the streets during the attack | |||
| Date | 13 March 1957 | ||
| Location | 23°08′30″N 82°21′24″W / 23.14167°N 82.35667°W | ||
| Caused by | Tyranny | ||
| Goals | Assassinate Batista | ||
| Methods | Surprise attack | ||
| Resulted in | Cuban military victory
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| Lead figures | |||
Menelao Mora Morales (Chief) † | |||
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| Casualties | |||
| Death(s) | 26 militants 6 presidential guards and policemen | ||
| Arrested | 2 | ||
| Detained | 2 | ||
| Charged | 2 | ||
The 1957 Havana Presidential Palace attack was a failed assassination attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista at the Presidential Palace in Havana, Cuba. The attack began at around 3:30 pm on March 13, 1957, carried out by Menelao Mora, a group of members of the Partido Auténtico, and the student opposition group Directorio Revolucionario 13 de Marzo, but was unsuccessful in its goal of killing Batista.[2] According to one of the group's founding members, Faure Chomón, they were following the golpe arriba strategy and sought to overthrow the government by killing Batista.[3]
The same day, a similar attack occurred at the Radio Reloj at the Radiocentro CMQ Building.[4] The plan was to announce Batista's death over Radio Reloj; however, this attack also failed.[5]
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- ^ "13 de Marzo: crisis del golpe arriba". Archived from the original on 2018-10-22. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/1957/St_Louis_Post_Dispatch-3-13-1957-1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "La toma de Radio Reloj" [The Taking of Radio Reloj]. YouTube. 13 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2015-09-19.