US announces charges for Raúl Castro in 1996 aircraft shootdown

MIAMI (AP): Federal prosecutors yesterday 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 defence minister at the time. The charges included murder and destruction of an airplane.

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