"Crippling U.S. sanctions and government mismanagement have brought Cuba closer to collapse than ever since the revolution of 1959. Zoom in: The letter, citing a Miami Herald story from 1996, quotes Castro bragging about ordering the shoot-down of a plane flown by a Miami-based aid group called Brothers to the Rescue. Castro was head of Cuba's military at the time. His brother, Fidel Castro, was the country's leader."
"What they're saying: "We respectfully request the Department of Justice consider indicting Raul Castro, who is responsible for the cold-blooded murders of three Americans and a U.S. permanent resident in the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shoot-down of two civilian aircraft by Cuban Mig fighter jets," the letter said. The letter was written authored by Miami Republicans Mario Diaz-Balart, Carlos Gimenez and Maria Elvira Salazar. Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican from New York who is of Cuban descent, co-signed the letter."
Crippling U.S. sanctions and Cuban government mismanagement have pushed Cuba closer to collapse than at any time since the 1959 revolution. A letter citing a 1996 Miami Herald story quotes Raul Castro bragging about ordering the shoot-down of a plane flown by the Miami-based aid group Brothers to the Rescue. Raul Castro was head of Cuba's military at the time; Fidel Castro was the country's leader. The Feb. 24 anniversary of the incident helped enshrine the U.S. embargo into federal law. The indictment request coincides with expanded U.S. actions in the region, including the Jan. 3 seizure of Venezuela leader Nicolas Maduro and pressure to cut Venezuelan oil shipments to Cuba, contributing to an energy crisis. Miami Republican lawmakers authored the letter and Rep. Nicole Malliotakis co-signed; the White House could not be reached for comment.
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