Brothers to the Rescue

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier is filing state charges against Raúl Castro, he announced in Miami on Monday. Four men died in 1996 when the Cuba's military shot down two planes operated by the Brothers to the Rescue humanitarian group.

U.S. officials announced federal charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro for the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes that killed four people, including three Americans.

In a Feb. 13 letter to President Donald Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi, the lawmakers want federal law enforcement authorities “to review previously compiled evidence, take a fresh look at command responsibility at the highest levels of the Cuban regime, and use every available legal tool to hold accountable those responsible for the killing[s].”

The spies known as the Cuban Five are one of the most controversial stories in U.S.-Cuba relations – especially in Miami. A new movie about that bitter…