Havana Presidential Palace attack (1957)

1957 Havana Presidential Palace attack
Part of the Cuban Revolution
Armed DR militants advancing through the streets during the attack
Date	13 March 1957
Location	Havana, Cuba 23°08′30″N 82°21′24″W / 23.14167°N 82.35667°W / 23.14167; -82.35667
Caused by	Tyranny
Goals	Assassinate Batista
Methods	Surprise attack
Resulted in	Cuban military victory DRE militants repelled DRE leader José Antonio Echeverría killed Batista unharmed by assassination attempt
Parties
Group of Auténticos Directorio Revolucionario Cuban police Presidential Palace guards
Lead figures
Menelao Mora Morales (Chief)  † Carlos Gutiérrez Menoyo  † José Antonio Echeverría  † Faure Chomón Mediavilla Ignacio Gonzalez[1] Fulgencio Batista
Number
46 Unknown number of police 100 presidential guards
Casualties
Death(s)	26 militants 6 presidential guards and policemen
Arrested	2
Detained	2
Charged	2

The 1957 Havana Presidential Palace attack was a failed assassination attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista at the Presidential Palace in Havana, Cuba. The attack began at around 3:30 pm on March 13, 1957, carried out by Menelao Mora, a group of members of the Partido Auténtico, and the student opposition group Directorio Revolucionario 13 de Marzo, but was unsuccessful in its goal of killing Batista.^[2] According to one of the group's founding members, Faure Chomón, they were following the golpe arriba strategy and sought to overthrow the government by killing Batista.^[3]

The same day, a similar attack occurred at the Radio Reloj at the Radiocentro CMQ Building.^[4] The plan was to announce Batista's death over Radio Reloj; however, this attack also failed.^[5]