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Word: damera (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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...three supporters were dead. So was the pregnant wife of the house owner. Another man died later of wounds. A ten-month-old baby and eleven others were wounded. The shooting had lasted long enough for a movie cameraman to record it in detail. Army Chief Genovevo Perez Damera saw the film, denounced the affair as a "monstrous assassination." He ordered Salabarria and several of his followers charged with murder and began a general roundup of Salabarria partisans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CUBA: Death in Marianao | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

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