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Alejandre, Armando Jr., 1950-1996
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Armando Alejandre Jr. was a Cuban-American activist, general contractor, and volunteer pilot with Brothers to the Rescue. In 1996, on a humanitarian mission to rescue Cuban rafters in the Florida Straits, Alejandre's plane was shot down by Cuban Air Force fighter jets.