Why has the US indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro?

The Trump administration is escalating its regime change campaign in Cuba.

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 move is the latest escalation in Washington's pressure campaign against the island's communist government.

Castro, 94, last appeared in public in Cuba earlier this month, and there is no evidence that he has since left the island or that the government would allow him to be extradited

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

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.

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

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 Trump Justice Department indicted Raul Castro over the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes that killed three Americans.

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…

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

Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, 94, was indicted by the DOJ over the 1996 killings of four Americans. Though retired, he still lives in Cuba. | World News

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…

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…

The charges against Raúl Castro relate to the February 1996 downing by Cuba of two civilian aircraft run by the Florida-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue

The indictment against Raul Castro echoes earlier US criminal cases targeting Latin American leaders.

Castro was charged with murder, conspiracy to kill Americans, and destruction of aircraft