Castro and influential sectors of the press put the death toll at 20,000, but a list of victims published shortly after the revolution contained only 898 names—over half of them combatants
Castro komanso anthu amphamvu anyumba zoulutsira mawu adalengeza kuti onse akufa akukwana mazana makumi awiri koma mndandanda wa anthu omwe anafa olengezedwa nkhondoyo itangotha imakwana anthu zikwi zisanu ndi zitatu kudza makumi asanu ndi anayi kuonjezera anthu asanu ndiatatu ndipo oposera theka laanthuwo anali omwe amamenya nkhondo.