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.

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.

The Trump administration is escalating its regime change campaign in 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.

Federal prosecutors in Miami were preparing an indictment related to Castro’s alleged role in the 1996 downing of two planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to…

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

An unsealed indictment accused Castro and others of a conspiracy to kill Americans and other charges.

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…

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

Founded by emigré José Basulto, it aimed to help Cuban refugees in the Florida straits by dropping supplies from small planes and alerting the U.S. Coast Guard.

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

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…

MIAMI: Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raul Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles as the…