Miami Feds Indict Cuban Air Force Pilot Linked To 'Brothers To The Rescue' For Immigration Fraud

Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida indicted Luis Raul Gonzalez-Pardo Rodriguez, 64, for immigration fraud, alleging he lied about decades of Cuban military service on a U.S. permanent residence application. The case, investigated by FBI Miami with federal and state partners, cites evidence he served in the Cuban Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Force despite denials in filings to USCIS. Prosecutors note he is allegedly linked to the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shoot-down; if convicted, he faces up to 15 years in prison.