MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance, a coalition of pro-democracy groups, met on Thursday in Miami-Dade County\u2019s Fontainebleau neighborhood to discuss efforts to kick communism out of power on the island.<\/p>\n
Orlando Guti\u00e9rrez-Boronat, who was at the Freedom Tower on Wednesday for the announcement of Ra\u00fal Castro\u2019s indictment, delivered a statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are the closest we have ever been to freedom,\u201d Guti\u00e9rrez-Boronat said. \u201cI think that after yesterday, we are even closer.\u201d<\/p>\n
For the fatal 1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue planes, the indictment <\/a>charged Castro, 94, with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, two counts of destruction of aircraft, and four counts of murder. <\/p>\n \u201cThe Feb. 24, 1996, massacre of Brothers to the Rescue was not the only massacre Ra\u00fal Castro has ordered,\u201d Guti\u00e9rrez-Boronat said. \u201cHe has ordered several more massacres in Cuba. They are fully documented, and it\u2019s time for all these crimes to be presented before the world.\u201d<\/p>\n Guti\u00e9rrez-Boronat said Chilean lawmakers are going to vote on a resolution that would implement an international tribunal against the Castro regime\u2019s crimes against humanity. <\/p>\n Ren\u00e9 Bolio, an attorney in Mexico who serves as the president of the Cuba Justice Commission, a non-governmental organization, said The Rome Statute<\/a>, the foundational international treaty that established the International Criminal Court, was key. <\/p>\n \u201cOf the 11 crimes listed in the Rome Statute, the Cuban regime has committed since 1959 at least 10,\u201d Bolio said in Spanish<\/a>. \u201cAnd the important thing about this is that they are alive, they remain in power, and they can be tried.\u201d<\/p>\n