An extensive and well-documented article follows the operation announced by the U.S. Department of Justice against the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Raul Castro, related to the downing of two aircraft belonging to the group on February 24, 1996.
It states that the emergence of HAR in 1991 “is closely linked to the long history of terrorism against Cuba by its leader, Jose Basulto Leon, who has been in the service of the CIA and the Miami mafia since the early 1960s.”
Brothers to the Rescue (HAR) has dedicated itself to promoting all kinds of attempts to subvert the internal order in the country, add new tensions between the governments of Cuba and the United States, and fabricate provocations capable of triggering direct US military action against the Cuban people, the text adds.
HAR aircraft have systematically carried out provocations of all kinds in areas near the coast and violated Cuban airspace on dozens of occasions since 1992, the publication continues.
On two occasions, they flew over the city of Havana, and on at least five occasions, they dropped subversive propaganda over Cuban territory, which demonstrates the high degree of danger posed by this terrorist organization and the impunity it has enjoyed, the article points out.
On February 24, 1996, Brothers to the Rescue aircraft carried out another provocation, prompting a response from the Revolutionary Armed Forces that resulted in the downing of two aircraft in Cuban territorial waters.
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