US announces criminal case against former Cuban President Raúl Castro
Federal prosecutors have charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro in connection with the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles. The indictment includes charges of murder and destruction of an airplane, related to the deaths of four Americans. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned the charges as politically motivated and lacking legal basis.
- ▪Raúl Castro has been indicted for his alleged role in the shootdown of two planes operated by the exile group Brothers to the Rescue.
- ▪The charges include murder and destruction of an airplane, stemming from the deaths of four unarmed civilians.
- ▪Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel criticized the indictment as a political action without legal basis.
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Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., speaks, after federal prosecutors announced charges against former Cuban President Raul Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, Wednesday, in Miami. AP-YonhapMIAMI — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the socialist government.The indictment was related to Castro’s alleged role in the shootdown of two small planes operated by the exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Castro, now 94, was Cuba's defense minister at the time.
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