On January 16, 1959...
 
1959: Mercenaries Recruited in Santo Domingo for CIA Sabotage in Cuba
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The very same day that Cuban government officials ask the US to return war criminals who had taken refuge in the US, "Announcements are made recruiting mercenaries in Santo Domingo to land on the coast of Cuba "as soon as opposition to the revolution arises."

Source: Escalante (1995), The Secret War: CIA Covert Operations Against Cuba, 1959-1962. Ocean Press, p. 151
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