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.

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…

The Trump administration is preparing to drop the hammer on former Cuban strongman Raúl Castro — with criminal charges expected Wednesday in a dramatic escalation of Washington’s…

...over the 1996 shootdown of civilian aircraft operated by a Miami-based exile group.

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…

Charges filed in Miami against 94-year-old for allegedly shooting down exiles’ planes in 1996

The charges are related to the shooting of two humanitarian planes in 1996...

The indictment is the latest step by the Trump administration to punish Cuba's communist government and officials. Raul Castro stepped down from the presidency in 2018.

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.

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…

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…

MIAMI (AP) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles as…