U.S. Indicts Raúl Castro for Murder Over 1996 Plane Shootdown

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Key Facts

—The charges: the Raúl Castro indictment, unsealed by the United States, charges Cuba’s former president and five others with murder, conspiracy to kill US nationals and destruction of aircraft.

—The count sheet: Castro, 94, faces one count of conspiracy to kill US nationals, four counts of murder and two counts of destroying aircraft, in a 20-page filing.

—The case: the charges stem from the February 1996 shootdown of two civilian “Brothers to the Rescue” planes by Cuban fighter jets, which killed three US citizens and one US resident.

U.S. Indicts Raúl Castro for Murder Over 1996 Plane Shootdown

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