The siege was a type of raid during which a large number of Cuban special force armed men who surrounded the school of J-4.
At least 15 students named by authorities were captured, arrested and immediately deported to their home country.
The siege is called the Forest Siege because these schools were located in an area of a planted forest of oranges and a few other varieties of citrus fruit, far from the main city of Matanzas located on the northern shore of the island of Cuba.
Máximo Santiago Haza -J4 Antonio Ramon Horta AG7 Jose Maria Agurrie T9 These three schools were located in a small municipality called Jagüey Grande in the city of Matanzas (Matanza, a Province of Cuba).
The municipality is located east of the Zapata Peninsula, north of the Bahia de Cochinos, along the Carretera Central, in the middle of the province.