August 5, 1959:
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"Four planes are destroyed in the Air International Corporation hangar in Miami as part of a plan to sabotage Cuban economic interests, especially air travel between Cuba and the United States. These planes had been purchased by the Batista government and remained in Florida. These actions were carried out with the approval of Senator Eastland and the Internal Security Sub- committee of the U.S. Senate."

Source: Fabián Escalante, The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1962, Secret War, p. 155