Reply #280: Florida congress critter looks to file murder chargers against Castro...

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This looks like it just came off the AP wire an hour ago or so:

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hal9VUbBbjYhxwHzjMCyoKvEigHAD8UTLKNG0

Murder Charges Sought for Castro

By LARA JAKES JORDAN – 1 hour ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida congresswoman asked the Justice Department on Tuesday to bring charges against resigning Cuban leader Fidel Castro for the deaths of four U.S. rescue workers who were killed while looking for Cuban migrants stranded at sea.

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., said earlier attempts to prosecute Castro in the 1996 downing of a humanitarian flight off the Cuban coast might not have been successful because of his role as head of state.

With Castro's announced plan to resign, Ros-Lehtinen said, "there should no longer be any diplomatic impediments to bringing Fidel Castro to justice" for a Cuban fighter jet attack on the private aircraft on a mission for Brothers to the Rescue.

The congresswoman's suggestions were outlined in a letter to Attorney General Michael Mukasey.

Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said the letter was being reviewed and declined further comment.

The United States has no active extradition process with Cuba.
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