[News] “They’re still clinging to their obsession”: Cuban Heroes Expose Brothers to the Rescue and Its Ties to the CIA

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“They’re still clinging to their obsession”: Cuban Heroes Expose Brothers
to the Rescue and Its Ties to the CIA
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May 21, 2026, Havana Cuba

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Amid a new onslaught by the U.S. government against the largest of the
Antilles, announcing baseless charges against Army General Raúl Castro for
the legitimate defense of Cuban airspace in 1996, Razones de Cuba offers
the truth that the mainstream media hides. The Heroes of the Republic of
Cuba, René González Sehwerert and Gerardo Hernández Nordelo—anti-terrorists
who suffered unjust sentences in the empire’s prisons—debunk in their own
words the farce of the organization Brothers to the Rescue, expose its ties
to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and vindicate the sovereign
action of the Cuban people.

*A fake humanitarian organization: terrorism with the face of “rescue**”*

René González recalls precisely the beginning of his contact with José
Basulto on May 25, 1991, the very day Basulto “publicly called for an end
to violence.” Far from being an altruistic organization, Brothers to the
Rescue was born out of the hatred and desperation of mercenaries in the
service of the CIA.

“Basulto and William Schuss,” notes González, “were trained in sabotage,
terrorism, infiltration techniques, and propaganda by the CIA. At a very
young age, they were involved in the Bay of Pigs operation.” That failed
invasion of 1961, financed and directed by Washington, left an indelible
lesson: the Cuban people, under the leadership of Fidel and Raúl, would
crush any attempt at treason against the homeland.

However, for these counterrevolutionaries, “the obsession has accompanied
them throughout all these years: to seek any form of confrontation between
the United States and Cuba”. And that obsession, the Rene emphasizes, has
not ceased: “It is no surprise that 30 years after Brothers to the Rescue,
they still harbor the need to kill; that is what excites and drives them”.

*The CIA and a criminal plan: blowing up power lines and causing a collapse*

René González’s account details specific proposals for acts of terrorism,
such as the one he received in August 1992: “to enter Cuba by plane, land
near high-voltage power lines, and blow up a line to exacerbate energy
problems.” That was the true nature of those who today seek to set
themselves up as defenders of human rights.

When the immigration agreements establishing the “wet foot, dry foot”
policy were signed in May 1995, far from rejoicing, the members of Brothers
to the Rescue were enraged. The reason? They lost their human trafficking
business and their humanitarian pretext. “They reacted violently, took to
the streets of Miami, and brought traffic to a standstill,” recalls
González.

It was then that another figure emerged, *Ramón Saúl Sánchez*, who created
the Democracy Movement to “openly provoke a conflict between Cuba and the
United States.” Even at a meeting at the White House, the general of the
U.S. Southern Command rebuked Basulto and told him “he wasn’t going to send
another boy to die for them.” The empire itself recognized that this was
irresponsible madness.

*The shoot down of February 24, 1996: legitimate defense of sovereignty*

Gerardo Hernandez was sentenced to 2 life sentences and 15 years.

Gerardo Hernández, who was unjustly convicted in the United States for
fulfilling his duty to report on terrorist activities, exposes the
contradictions and lies in the current indictment against Army General Raúl
Castro.

“The United States claims that a small plane had violated Cuban airspace,”
explains Hernández. “The other two were shot down very close to Cuba, but
over international waters.” And he immediately poses a devastating
question: “What are they basing this on? On, among other things, the
statements of the crew of a cruise ship that just happened to belong to a
businessman who is a member of the Cuban-American National Foundation.”
That is to say, biased witnesses, never satellite images that the Pentagon
has systematically refused to show.

Gerardo highlights the imperial cynicism: “The United States has blown up
boats and vessels on the high seas without trial, without due process,
under the pretext that they are drug traffickers. They can do that. But
when Cuba defends its airspace from planes violating its sovereignty, they
file charges.”

And he recalls Basulto’s criminal past: “He fled to the United States in
1962, returned to Cuba in a speedboat, fired a cannon at a theater (now the
Karl Marx Theater), and fled. That terrorist founded Brothers to the
Rescue.” As long as the group limited itself to rescuing rafters, “it had
no problem with Cuba.” The conflict erupted when immigration agreements
dried up their funding sources and Basulto decided to move on to
provocative flights to keep being funded by the Cuban American National
Foundation (CANF).

*Raúl Castro and the defense of the homeland: a hero they want to tarnish*

Today, with a U.S. government that has “dug up gunboat diplomacy and
reinstated the Monroe Doctrine in the most brutal way,” and with Cuba
facing harsh economic conditions as a result of the criminal blockade, the
Miami terrorists see another “opportunity to pit that government against
Cuba.”

But the Revolution has provided more than enough lessons in resistance.
Gerardo Hernández makes it clear: “Even conceding that the shootdown
occurred in international waters—which has not been proven—we are talking
about small planes that were systematically violating our airspace,
dropping propaganda and threatening peace.” Cuba did not ask for permission
to defend itself then, nor will it ask for it now.

At Razones de Cuba, we join the just demand of our Heroes: no imperial
court will judge the sovereignty of a people who have shed their blood for
independence and dignity. The accusations against the Army General are a
boomerang that will crash against the wall of truth. As René González
rightly says: the relatives of the victims of the shoot down “know that it
was Basulto’s irresponsibility that led to those young men’s deaths.”
History has already judged them.

Source: Razones de Cuba,
<https://razonesdecuba.cu/ellos-siguen-arrastrando-su-obsesion-heroes-de-cuba-desenmascaran-a-hermanos-al-rescate-y-su-vinculo-con-la-cia/>
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