Mr. Speaker. we recently marked the sad anniversary of a dark day in the history of human rights and of Cuba. my native homeland. It was 4 years ago on July 13. 1994 that thugs of the Castro regime purposely attacked and sunk a tug boat filled with Cuban refugees. refugees who were attempting to flee the island in search of freedom and democracy. It was another example. sadly. of the hundreds already available that clearly demonstrate the barbaric nature of the dictatorship that has ruthlessly ruled Cuba for 38 years. Early in the morning of that day. over 50 Cuban refugees boarded a tug boat named the "13th of March." They did not know that all along they were being watched by Castros brutal authorities. After sailing about 7 miles in the the open sea. Castros gun boats began to repeatedly ram the tug boat filled with mostly women and children. while shooting water guns at the refugees aboard the vessels. Rejecting the pleas of mercy from the refugees. the ruthless Cuban soldiers. acting under Castros order. continued to ram the vessel until it began to sink. but this was not enough. Whilethe drowning refugees asked for help. the Cuban gun boats circled around the tug boat wreckage in order to create a whirlpool effect that literally sucked the refugees into the bottom of the sea. As a result. over 50 people were murdered. most of them women and children. Here are posters.
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