21. After the July flyover, Castro warned that any aircraft which violated Cuban airspace risked being shot down. 22. Basulto also refused to say whether any Brothers to the Rescue planes had entered Cuban airspace. 23. Basulto said none of the three planes had violated Cuban airspace. 24. Basulto was under investigation by the Federal Aviation Administration for violating Cuban airspace in the previous flyovers. 25. Cuba downed two small American planes that it claimed were violating Cuban airspace. 26. Cuba claims the planes, operated by the Cuban exile group Brothers to the Rescue, violated Cuban airspace and were shot down over Cuban waters. 27. Cuba has maintained that the planes violated Cuban airspace, a claim disputed by Washington. 28. Cuba insisted the planes had penetrated Cuban airspace, but the Clinton administration disagreed. 29. Cuba says the men violated Cuban airspace and flew directly over the island to scatter anti-communist leaflets in Havana neighborhoods. 30. Cuba has accused Brothers of routinely violating Cuban airspace to drop subversive leaflets over the country. |