Brothers to the Rescue Records

Collection

Brothers to the Rescue Records

60 Boxes

The collection documents the operation of the Cuban exile activist group, Brothers to the Rescue [Hermanos al Rescate], founded in Miami, Florida in 1991 by activist and aviator José Basulto. Materials include correspondence, administrative records, court documents and transcripts documenting the 1996 shoot-down of an Hermanos al Rescate plane, pamphlets and flyers distributed in Cuba by the group, audio visual materials, publications and photographs.

Documented in detail is the incident and subsequent investigation and trial related to the Hermanos al Rescate plane that was shot down in 1991 by the Cuban air force. During the incident, which took place on February 24, 1996, four pilots were killed.

This collection is open for research.

This collection is currently in processing.

Requests to reproduce or publish materials from this collection should be directed to chc@miami.edu.

Preferred citation: Brothers to the Rescue Records, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.

• anglais
• français
• espagnol

45 boxes delivered in June, 2013 with more boxes of video expected shortly thereafter. 5 boxes of audio visual materials delivered July, 2013.

Gifts of José Basulto, 2002 and 2013.

CHC5212 Luis J. Botifoll Oral History Project interview with Jose Basulto.

Information about related materials is available at https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/chc5212/id/511/rec/63

The collection-level record created by Beata Bergen, April 2009. Revised by Natalie Baur, July 2013. Title of the collection changed to reflect the official incorporation name of the organization in the state of Florida, November 2013. Updated by Juan A. Villanueva, December 2016. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.

• Cuban Americans -- Florida -- Miami
• Cubans -- Political activity -- United States

• Brothers to the Rescue, Incorporated (Sujet)
• Castro, Fidel, 1926- (Sujet)