Word: puriales
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...Cubans chuckled, the ad only stirred Batista into stepping up his drive to flush out the rebel forces. Government planes attacked at least eight villages near Castro country. Four B-26 bombers and three F47 fighters swooped down on the hamlet of Purial de Pilon a few days after some rebels passed through, strafing and bombing it for 25 minutes; 40 of the 400 townspeople were killed, including 17 women and children who were later buried in a common grave. In Dos Bocas de Cordero, Batista's airmen killed 15 villagers (and eight cows). Planes machine-gunned a peasant...
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