▁air . ▁ 6 0 ▁Domin ican ▁ex iles ▁were ▁to ▁take ▁part . ▁The ▁invasion ▁force ▁was ▁trained ▁at ▁Gu atem al an ▁military ▁facilities , ▁and ▁Ar é val o ▁persu aded ▁the ▁Mexican ▁government ▁to ▁allow ▁the ▁invasion ▁plan es ▁to ▁ref uel ▁there . ▁However , ▁due ▁to ▁poor ▁coord ination ▁and ▁poor ▁weather , ▁only ▁ 1 5 ▁men ▁of ▁the ▁invasion ▁force ▁land ed ▁in ▁the ▁Domin ican ▁Republic ▁at ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Lu per ón , ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁quickly ▁captured ▁or ▁killed . ▁The ▁trial ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁were ▁captured ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁Tru j illo ▁government ▁to ▁express ▁its ▁support ▁for ▁non - inter vention ism ▁and ▁to ▁condem n ▁the ▁Gu atem al an ▁government ▁as ▁a ▁pu ppet ▁of ▁the ▁Soviet ▁Union . ▁The ▁United ▁States ▁also ▁strongly ▁critic ised ▁the ▁Leg ion ▁following ▁the ▁capture ▁of ▁the ▁f igh ters . ▁The ▁failure ▁of ▁the ▁invasion ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁collapse ▁of ▁the ▁Leg ion , ▁and ▁it ▁never ▁fought ▁another ▁battle . ▁ ▁M emb ership ▁and ▁organization ▁ ▁The ▁Car ib bean ▁Leg ion ▁never ▁had ▁a ▁formal ▁structure . ▁The ▁name ▁was ▁co ined ▁by ▁journal ists ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 7 . ▁Although ▁it ▁had ▁members ▁from ▁every ▁country ▁in ▁His pan ic ▁Latin ▁America , ▁the ▁greatest ▁number ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁Domin ican ▁Republic . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁ex iles ▁were ▁war ▁veter ans ; ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁Cub ans ▁and