“On October 12, 1971, a terrorist attack on the village of Boca de Sama resulted in two deaths and injuries to four people, including two girls. One of them, Nancy Pavon, had to have a foot amputated,” he stated on the social media platform X.

He also reiterated that Cuba is not a threat, whereas terrorism and the blockade originating from the United States certainly are.

The small cove of Boca de Sama, located in Banes, Holguin, was the spot of a cowardly attack perpetrated by counter-revolutionary elements from Florida, funded by the United States government.

Under the cover of darkness, two pirate boats entered through the channel—located just a few kilometers from Guardalavaca Beach—and took the locals by surprise as they rested for the night before resuming their daily routines at dawn.

Bursts of gunfire fueled by hatred claimed the lives of Ministry of the Interior fighter Lidio Rivaflecha Galan and militiaman Ramon Siam Portelles, who were guarding the village’s border post.

Fifty-five years after that terrorist act, Boca de Sama stands as a monument against state-sponsored terrorism, with waters glistening in the sun and a collective memory that preserves the recollection of a tragedy that never broke the spirit of its residents.

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