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MIAMI: Former Cuban President Raul Castro was indicted in the United States on murder charges, court records showed on Wednesday, a dramatic escalation in Washington’s pressure campaign that comes amid fears of a potential US military intervention against the island’s communist government.
The indictment, filed in federal court in Miami, charges Castro, 94, with one count of conspiracy to kill US nationals, four counts of murder and two counts of destruction of aircraft.
