Legal Opinion
Alejandre v. Republic of Cuba
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided December 17, 1997No. Nos. 96-10127-CIV, 96-10128-CIVPublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINAL JUDGMENT
JAMES LAWRENCE KING, District Judge.
I. Introduction
The government of Cuba, on February 24, 1996, in outrageous contempt for international law and basic human rights, murdered four human beings in international airspace over the Florida Straits. The victims were Brothers to the Rescue pilots, flying two civilian, unarmed planes on a routine humanitarian mission, searching for rafters in the waters between Cuba and the Florida Keys.
As the civilian planes flew over international waters, a Russian built MiG 29 of the Cuban Air Force, without warning, reason, or provocation, blasted…
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