{"id":798,"date":"2026-05-21T08:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=798"},"modified":"2026-05-21T08:04:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:04:35","slug":"republican-lawmakers-from-florida-react-to-raul-castros-indictment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=798","title":{"rendered":"Republican lawmakers from Florida react to Ra\u00fal Castro\u2019s indictment"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Sen. Rick Scott joined U.S. Reps. Maria Elvira Salazar, Carlos Gim\u00e9nez, and Byron Donalds during a news conference on Wednesday afternoon in Washington, D.C. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=796\">Trump, Rubio signal support for change in Cuba amid historic indictment remarks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/p>\n<p>Salazar and Gim\u00e9nez had already held a news conference with U.S. Rep. Mario D\u00edaz-Balart on Wednesday morning to call for Ra\u00fal Castro to be brought to justice in the U.S. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was premeditated murder of three Americans and one U.S. resident,\u201d D\u00edaz-Balart said. <\/p>\n<p>During an event on Wednesday at the Freedom Tower in downtown Miami, Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanch announced there was a warrant for Ra\u00fal Castro\u2019s arrest after an indictment for the fatal 1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue planes at sea. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=794\">Trump has long kept his tax returns secret. He says that might change now, after IRS deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is justice delayed, but at least it\u2019s justice,\u201d Gim\u00e9nez said. <\/p>\n<p>Before the second news conference, Salazar said there was still a lot to be done in Cuba, which she said was \u201cthe epicenter of evil in the western hemisphere,\u201d and added that the communists in power were \u201cthugs.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Salazar said she supported President Donald Trump if he decided to treat Castro just as he treated former Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro, who was captured in Caracas and was behind bars in New York. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of the problems we have in Latin America start with the Cuban regime,\u201d Scott said. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/southfloridamovingguides.com\/?p=792\">The Latest: US indicts former Cuban President Ra\u00fal Castro over 1996 downing of planes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Watch their speeches<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>SCOTT<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>SALAZAR<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>GIMENEZ<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>DONALDS <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Related stories<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. indictment charges former Cuban President Ra\u00fal Castro with 7 counts <\/li>\n<li>Watch the speeches during Raul Castro indictment announcement at Freedom Tower <\/li>\n<li>Cuban exiles at Freedom Tower react to Ra\u00fal Castro indictment<\/li>\n<li>Cuban exiles at Miami\u2019s Cafe Versailles react to Raul Castro indictment news: \u2018All for it\u2019 <\/li>\n<li>Trump, Rubio signal support for change in Cuba amid historic indictment remarks<\/li>\n<li>South Florida Republicans make case for Castro indictment<\/li>\n<li>Rubio releases message in Spanish to Cubans suffering on the island<\/li>\n<li>Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel reacts to Ra\u00fal Castro\u2019s indictment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Sen. 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