The Chinese Foreign Ministry belatedly condemned on Wednesday the issuing of an arrest warrant by Florida authorities for Raúl Castro, the 95-year-old communist dictator of Cuba, referring to the widely hated repressor as a “venerated revolutionary leader.”
\n\nLaw enforcement authorities in Florida confirmed on Monday that a judge in the state had found probable cause to issue an arrest warrant for Castro, the younger brother of mass murderer Fidel Castro, in the case of the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue murders. The Cuban military, at the time directly under Raúl Castro’s command, shot down civilian planes in international airspace carrying four Americans – Carlos Costa, Armando Alejandre, Mario de la Peña, and Pablo Morales – who perished in the assault. The men were flying missions for Brothers to the Rescue, a humanitarian organization dedicated to finding and saving the lives of Cuban refugees who had taken to the sea to escape communism.
\n\nIn this July 22, 2014, file photo, Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro, right, greets China’s President Xi Jinping in Havana, Cuba. (AP Photo/Alex Castro)
\n\nCastro is unlikely to attempt to travel to the United States or position himself in a manner that would allow for American police to…
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