[1] However, their raft capsized on the way back, leading to one of them (later identified as Lt. Pico[3]) drowning and forcing the other three to swim to shore.

[6] Two were captured;[1][5] Venezuelan authorities stated the contingent's leader, Antonio Briones Montoto, was killed while trying to escape,[2][3] but the Cuban government has disputed this, claiming he was covertly executed after the fact.

[1] The two captured Cubans, Manuel Gil Castellanos and Pedro Cabrera Torres, wrote signed confessions detailing the raid.

[2] Venezuela decided to abstain from invoking the Rio Pact, instead denouncing Cuba and requesting a meeting with the Organization of American States on 15 May.

[6] The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba responded on 18 May, stating in a lengthy document that they did aid the guerrillas and that "[w]hat is decided in Washington by the OAS and its master does not matter.