Luis Raúl González-Pardo Rodríguez, a Cuban pilot linked to the communist regime’s killing of four Americans in 1996, now lives in the United States thanks to the Biden-Harris administration’s “humanitarian parole” program, Martí Noticias reported on Monday.
The arrival of the Cuban pilot linked to the deaths of four American citizens marks the latest known case on a growing list of Cuban communist officials and human rights violators who have entered the United States since 2023 through policies implemented by the current U.S. government.
In January 2023, the Biden-Harris administration implemented a presently active “humanitarian parole” program that allows up to 30,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans per month to request entry to the United States. U.S. authorities allow beneficiaries of the program to stay and legally work for a period of “up to two years.”
The program is intended to benefit victims of the authoritarian Castro, Maduro, and Ortega regimes and Haitian nationals fleeing from the out-of-control gang violence in their country. The program was briefly suspended in early August due to an internal investigation into rampant fraud, but was resumed towards the end of the month.
Martí Noticias, a U.S-based outlet focused on Cuba, stated that González-Pardo Rodríguez was a member of Cuba’s Anti-Aircraft Defense and Revolutionary Air Force (DAAFAR) and former director of Terminal 2 of Havana’s José Martí international Airport.
The Cuban pilot reportedly arrived in the United States on April 19 through the parole program. The outlet pointed out that, according to a U.S. government source, it is “not the first time” González-Pardo Rodríguez visits the U.S.
According to Martí Noticias, the outlet Periódico Cubano was the first to report on the arrival of the Cuban pilot to the United States, who now reportedly resides in Jacksonville, Florida, with his daughter. His wife is still in Cuba “waiting for her visa opportunity” to fly to the U.S., the reports claimed. […]
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