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The government broadcast misinformation about the event, claiming that the rebels were communists who had killed hospital patients. News and photographs of the army's use of torture and summary executions in Oriente soon spread.
The government broadcast misinformation about the event, claiming that the rebels were communists who had killed hospital patients, although news and photographs of the army's use of torture and summary executions in Oriente soon spread.