In Cuba two grotesquely sprawling victim's of Castro's bullets lie dead and blood spattered on the back of a sugar cane truck. With a group of other young men they made a daring dash for freedom early one morning, hoping to reach the haven of then Ecuadorian embassy in Havana. Three of the youths died and four were wounded.

"It was a brutal and insane shooting," said an eyewitness. "They coldly shot these Cubans when they were already inside the embassy grounds. Three times they attacked those same defenseless bodies. They used them for a practice shooting session, with bullets being sprayed in all directions. The victims were young workers, totally unarmed."
- LIFE January 12, 1962