October 31, 1987 South Africa’s Angolan ally in the Border War – The National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, known by its Portuguese acronym UNITA, captured two Cubans after shooting down their MIG-23 jet over Angola’s eastern province of Moxico. Cuba, in an unprecedented public admission, confirmed the incident identifying the Cubans as Lt. Col. Manuel Rocas Garcia and Capt. Ramos Cazados.
Photo courtesy of the Russian Angolan Veterans Union.
The Observation Post 
What happened to these two Cuban pilots after their capture?
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I met one of the pilots in the 90’s at Hotel Bosque in Havana. He was working at the Car Rental Agency. He said that all his fellow pilots went to the US.
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Additionally, he said that he spent about a year or so in jail as a political prisoner.
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