Thirty years ago, a Cuban fighter jet shot down two civilian planes operated by Florida-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue, an incident that inflamed U.S.-Cuba relations.

Four died, their bodies never found after 1996 shootdown; US weighs charges against Raúl Castro

A group founded by Cuban exiles known as Brothers to the Rescue is at the center of the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to seek an indictment against Cuban leader Raúl Castro.

Thirty years ago, a Cuban fighter jet shot down two civilian planes operated by Florida-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue, an incident that inflamed U.S.-Cuba relations.

Former Cuban leader Raul Castro could be indicted for his alleged role in the shooting down of two civilian planes 30 years ago that killed three Americans and sent US-Cuba…

The US Department of Justice on Wednesday filed formal charges against former Cuban president Raúl Castro and five other Cuban military officers on counts of murder, conspiracy to…

Raúl Castro is being indicted on charges related to Cuba's deadly 1996 shootdown of planes operated by humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue, U.S. officials told CBS News…

A group founded by Cuban exiles known as Brothers to the Rescue is at the center of the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to seek an indictment against Cuban leader Raúl Castro.

Ese 24 de febrero de 1996 marcó un antes y un después en las relaciones entre el Gobierno estadounidense del entonces presidente Bill Clinton y el régimen cubano de Fidel Castro.

The indictment marks one of the sharpest escalations in tensions between Washington and Havana.

The United States government has indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro in connection with the horrific downing of two American civilian planes 30 years ago, officials…

The United States indicted former Cuban president Raul Castro in connection with a 1996 incident, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on Wednesday, marking an…

The criminal indictment on Wednesday of Raul Castro, Cuba's former president, springs from the downing three decades ago of two civilian US planes by Cuban Air Force MiG fighters.

The 94-year-old former president of Cuba was head of the military when two small airplanes from Brothers to the Rescue, a Cuban exile group, were shot down, killing four Cuban…

The shootdown killed four U.S. nationals.

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US Justice Department indicts ageing Cuban leader on Wednesday over the shooting down of two aircraft three decades ago.

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against Castro stemming from the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles.

Nearly three decades after two civilian aircraft were shot down over waters near Cuba, US has indicted former Cuban president Raúl Castro over the deaths of four Cuban Americans…

The U.S. charged ex-Cuban President Raúl Castro, 94, accusing him of responsibility for the1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue planes.

Castro indicted in Miami federal court over 1996 shootdown of Cuban exile planes, facing conspiracy, murder and aircraft destruction charges amid rising tensions between Havana…