Diaz-Balart Responds to Explosives Found on North Korean Vessel Leaving Cuba

WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) released the following statement after press reports indicate that Cuban explosives and other live munitions were found on the North Korean “Chong Chon Gang” vessel found to be smuggling weapons from Cuba last month.

"Today's press reports that explosives and live munitions for RPGs and heavy artillery were uncovered on a North Korean vessel after leaving Cuba provides further evidence that the Castro regime remains an active enemy of the United States and a dangerous instigator on the world stage. The regime that violently oppresses its own people also spreads violence throughout the world. The Obama Administration should take note that when it sits down with Castro operatives and offers concessions, it is appeasing a terrorist state that remains as dangerous and firmly opposed to U.S. interests as ever. This is yet another reason that the Administration must tighten sanctions against the Castro dictatorship and stop the flow of American dollars to an avowed enemy of the United States."