Camilo Cienfuegos
Camilo Cienfuegos Gorriarán (Spanish: [kaˈmilo sjenˈfweɣos ɡorjaˈɾan]; February 6, 1932 – October 28, 1959) was a Cuban revolutionary. He was born in Lawton, Havana. He was raised in an anarchist family that had left Spain before the Spanish Civil War. Cienfuegos became a key figure of the Cuban Revolution, along with Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Juan Almeida Bosque, and Raúl Castro.
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| Born | February 6, 1932 |
| Disappeared | October 28, 1959 (aged 27) Cuba Florida Straits |
| Nationality | Cuban |
| Organization | 26th of July Movement |
On October 28, 1959, Cienfuegos's Cessna 310 ('FAR-53') disappeared over the ocean during a night flight from Camagüey to Havana. He was declared dead on the same day when searches for the plane failed. He was 27 years old.
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Cuban guerrillas disembarking after the Landing of the Granma
Che Guevara, during his guerrilla campaign
Exhibit at the Museum of the Revolution, depicting Cienfuegos (left) and Guevara (right) laying an ambush in the Sierra
Fulgencio Batista planning Operation Verano
Che Guevara on a mule in Las Villas (1958)
Monument to Cienfuegos in Yaguajay
President of Cuba Manuel Urrutia with Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos in Havana (1959)
Cienfuegos watching Castro speak at Camp Columbia
Cienfuegos arresting Huber Matos
