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Mexican Police Detention

Cuba · Politics / 26th of July Movement. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1956

Fidel Alejandro CastroJune 1956

Mexico City · Politics / 26th of July Movement

Mexican authorities detain Fidel Castro and other members of the exile expedition while they are preparing their planned return to Cuba.

Names involved

Fidel Alejandro Castro

Provenance

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