And anything that would float, and a tire tube, a makeshift life raft, some even created boats out of pickup trucks to try to escape that hellhole, which is, which is Cuba created by the Castro regime. And Raul Castro actually boasted that he was the one that gave the order to shoot down these planes that were on a humanitarian mission over international waters. to shoot them down. Why? Probably because they were causing him embarrassment. This was being shown around the world how thousands of Cubans were putting their life at risk to try to get to freedom. (16:50–17:01)
CLAIM
Asserts that Raul Castro admitted to ordering the shooting down of humanitarian planes over international waters.
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