Little Havana Podcast – The Raúl Castro Investigation: Brothers to the Rescue

In this explosive deep‑dive, we uncover the long, tangled history behind the newly renewed scrutiny surrounding Raúl Castro and his alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue civilian aircraft — planes flown by Cuban exiles whose mission was to spot and save rafters fleeing the island in makeshift boats.

This episode takes you back to the beginning:• the rise of Brothers to the Rescue in Miami’s exile community• the humanitarian flights searching for balseros lost at sea• the secret infiltration of the group by Cuban intelligence• the events leading up to February 24, 1996• the international shock after two unarmed civilian planes were destroyed over international waters• the decades‑long fight for justice by families and survivors• and the new legal and political developments that have placed Raúl Castro’s name back into the global spotlight

Told with the emotional depth, cultural memory, and investigative clarity that define the Little Havana Podcast, this episode honors the victims, the exiles who never stopped fighting, and the truth that refuses to stay buried.

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