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On the night of April 16, 1961 CIA agents landed at Bahia Honda, Cuba to organize a mock landing using sounds and lure Castro away from the actual invasion site.

On April 17, The invasion force landed along with tanks, and other armor support at the Bay of Pigs, on the southern coast of Cuba.

There were a few militia stationed in the area, but they were quickly defeated. They did however, succeed in informing Castro of the actual site of the landing.

At about 6:30 that morning, Cuban aircraft arrived and began to attack the invasion boats. Only about 240 of the troops had landed so far. This part of the invasion was the first real setback because of the loss of the equipment of the troops in the process of landing.