The guerrillas received financial and moral support from Cuba (see annex 1). and at least 25 of them had received guerrilla training in Cuba during the summer of 1963. The head of the APCJ. Manuel Tavarez Justo. who visited Cuba in October 1963. was killed leading a band of insurgents on December 21. 1963. One boatload of arms. destined for the rebels. was intercepted by Dominican authorities. The guerrilla movement was suppressed and the guerrillas taken captive. In May 1964. many of them were deported to Portugal and France. A number of these subsequently traveled to Cuba. and Communist China. By April 1965. 45 of the exiled APCJ and MPD leaders had returned to the Dominican Republic. some of them clandestinely. to rejoin their organizations.
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