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ALEJANDRE v. REPUBLIC OF CUBA

Nos. 96-10127-CIV, 96-10128-CIV.

996 F.Supp. 1239 (1997)

Marlene ALEJANDRE, individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Armando Alejandre, deceased, Plaintiff, v. The REPUBLIC OF CUBA; the Cuban Air Force, Defendants. Mirta MENDEZ, as personal representative of the Estate of Carlos Alberto Costa, deceased, Plaintiff, v. The REPUBLIC OF CUBA; the Cuban Air Force, Defendants. Mario T. DE LA PEÑA and Miriam de la Peña, individually and as personal representatives of the Estate of Mario M. de la Peña, deceased, Plaintiff, v. The REPUBLIC OF CUBA; the Cuban Air Force, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Florida.

December 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberto Martinez, Greenberg Traurig HoffmanLipoff Rosen & Quentel, Miami, FL, Aaron Samuel Podhurst, Victor Manuel Diaz, Jr., Xavier Martinez, Podhurst Orseck Josefsberg Eaton Meadow Olin & Perwin, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff.

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...

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