There is a mention of the Mexican state of Veracruz................Catemaco in Veracruz is where the most witchcraft in Mexico is practiced..............................i visited it on my 1st honeymoon.........in 1995.............the island with monkeys............and where they did facial messages and such for beauty.............which was on the other side of the lake........

Requiring funding, Castro toured the U.S. in search of wealthy sympathizers, there being monitored by Batista's agents, who allegedly orchestrated a failed assassination attempt against him.^[81] Castro kept in contact with the MR-26-7 in Cuba, where they had gained a large support base in Oriente.^[82] Other militant anti-Batista groups had sprung up, primarily from the student movement; most notable was the Directorio Revolucionario Estudantil (DRE), founded by José Antonio Echevarría. Antonio met with Castro in Mexico City, but Castro opposed the student's support for indiscriminate assassination.^[83]

After purchasing the decrepit yacht Granma, on 25 November 1956 Castro set sail from Tuxpan, Veracruz, with 81 armed revolutionaries.^[84] The 1,200 mile crossing to Cuba was harsh, with food running low and many suffering seasickness. At some points, they had to bail water caused by a leak, and at another, a man fell overboard, delaying their journey.^[85] The plan had been for the crossing to take 5 days, and on the Granma’s scheduled day of arrival, 30 November, MR-26-7 members under Frank Pais led an armed uprising in Santiago and Manzanillo. However, the Granma's journey ultimately lasted 7 days, and with Castro and his men unable to provide reinforcements, Pais and his militants dispersed after two days of intermittent attacks.^[86]