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Cuban Army Chief Owes Debt To Dead Leader Ousted by Tro
Cuban Army Chief Gen Genovevo Perez Camera and Gen Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic owe a debt to Emilio Tro, a former Cuban gangster killed in a police clash. Tro’s murder preceded a failed Dominican invasion plot, altering Cuban power dynamics and keeping Trujillo in power. Perez now leads military actions amid arrests, while the Dominican revolt lurking outside Havana persists. The piece portrays a complex web of gang violence, political maneuvering, and shifting loyalties in Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
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James Thrasher
Havana
NEA
Ger Genevevo Perez Camera
Rafael Leonidas Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Emilio Tro
Tro
Perez Wold
Cuba
Trujillo
Ganster
Marchado
Fulgencio Batista
Ramon Grau San Martin
Grau
Orlando Eon Lemus
el Colorado
Chicago
Fario Satabarria
Police
Salabarria
Morin Dopico
Perez
Colorado
Dominican Revolutionary Movement
Here
Cayo Confites
Peres
Jose Manuel Alemtun
Aleman
Gen. Perez
Perez MotIneEs
Tru
Genovevo Perez