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Two main round-up of unfit people took placed in November 1965 and June 1966. Most of them were taken to the camps through a false notice to appear for military service. They were transported by bus, truck and train to hundreds of concentration camps, built in isolate areas of Camagüey Province, under unsanitary conditions without water and food. The camps were surrounded by 10 feet tall electrified barbed-wire fences, patrol by guards with machine guns and police dogs, and had no running water or electricity.
According to many internees, the quantity of food provided at the camps was insufficient. They were force to work from dawn to dust six days a week in agricultural tasks, mostly cutting sugar cane. They have daily quotas and those that did not meet the quota were deprived of food. They were paid only 7 pesos a month, one-tenth of the regime monthly minimum wage in agriculture. During family visits, the recluse were force to were uniform and march to give the impression they were in the Obligatory Military Service (SMO).
According to many internees, the quantity of food provided at the camps was insufficient. They were force to work from dawn to dust six days a week in agricultural tasks, mostly cutting sugar cane. They have daily quotas and those that did not meet the quota were deprived of food. They were paid only 7 pesos a month, one-tenth of the regime monthly minimum wage in agriculture. During family visits, the recluse were force to were uniform and march to give the impression they were in the Obligatory Military Service (SMO).