A group of Cuban guerrillas, led by Fidel Castro, attacked Moncada's military headquarters in their attempt to bring down Batista's dictatorship. But the attack failed and the dictatorship hit the guerrillas hard. The name of the July 26 Movement, which led the Cuban revolution, comes from this fact. Castro in the death penalty game, in the trial that defended himself and History absolves me before the judges who read the famous speech.