The indictment accuses Cuban President Raul Castro and five military pilots of conspiring to shoot down aircraft flown by the Brothers to the Rescue group, resulting in the death of four Americans. Castro is also charged with authorizing the use of deadly force against the group for dropping pro-democracy leaflets over Cuba.
The indictment accuses Cuban President Raul Castro and five military pilots of conspiring to shoot down aircraft flown by the Brothers to the Rescue group, resulting in the death of four Americans.
Castro is also charged with authorizing the use of deadly force against the group for dropping pro-democracy leaflets over Cuba. One pilot, Lt. Col. Luis Raúl González-Pardo Rodríguez, is in U.S. custody and facing charges of making false statements about his military service and participation in the attacks
U.S. Indictment Brothers To The Rescue Castro And Pilots Conspiracy Charges Use Of Deadly Force Deathtalks Against Exiled Cubans
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