Los Malagones, from the community of El Moncada, comprised the first rural militia in Cuba formed from 12 men who rooted out a counterrevolutionary band from the nearby mountains in 1959. A mausoleum and memorial fountain inaugurated in 1999 contains niches dedicated to the 12 militiamen (all but two are now dead).
It is crowned by a stone recreation of their leader, Leandro Rodríguez Malagón. The water features are designed to replicate (with unerring accuracy) the sound of machine-gun fire. A tiny museum is on site.
