[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 24, 2004)]
[House]
[Page H518]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   REMEMBERING VICTIMS OF BROTHERS TO THE RESCUE SHOOTDOWN ON EIGHTH 
                              ANNIVERSARY

  (Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the memory of 
Carlos Costa, Armando Alejandre, Mario de la Pena, and Pablo Morales, 
who, 8 years ago today, were murdered by the terrorist regime in 
Havana.
  These four brave men, committed to the cause of freedom and democracy 
in Cuba, ventured out over international waters in search of those who 
risked it all to reach here, the United States, the land of liberty. 
But what they came face to face with was the evil, ruthless, and brutal 
nature of the Castro dictatorship in the form of MiG-29 fighter jets. 
Like vultures circling their prey, these MiGs closed in, and at 3:21 
and 3:27 p.m. aimed their missiles and destroyed these two Brothers to 
the Rescue planes.
  There would be no international outcry. Yet their deaths at the hands 
of the tyrant and his agents of terror would serve as a catalyst, a 
call to action, a new Grito de Baire, for Cuba's internal opposition.
  I ask my colleagues to remember these fallen heroes, Carlos, Armando, 
Mario, and Pablo, and to pray for the enslaved people of Cuba.

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