El Encanto was the largest department store in Cuba, with five retail storeys, originally built in 1888, and situated on the corner of Galiano and San Rafael in Old Havana.
[1] At about midnight on 13 April 1961, in the district of Baracoa Beach, west of Havana, militiamen observed lights being flashed from land towards the sea.
Carlos González confessed to the action of setting the two incendiary bombs, and provided details of the devices, events and people involved in assisting him.
He recounted that Jorge Camellas (aka "Cawy"), a CIA agent, had been infiltrated into Cuba with a consignment of C-4 plastic explosives from Miami.
At about 2:00 pm on 13 April 1961, via Dalia Jorge, Arturo Martínez Pagalday supplied Carlos with two sets of C-4 explosive in packs of Eden cigarettes.