Federal indictment targets Raúl Castro for 1996 shootdown of exile planes, escalating US pressure
The United States has issued a federal criminal indictment against Raúl Castro, Cuba’s former president, along with five other individuals, marking a significant escalation in Washington’s campaign to pressure the island nation’s long-standing communist regime. Filed in Miami, Florida, the charges directly relate to the alleged downing of two unarmed civilian planes belonging to a Cuban exile group in 1996, an incident that claimed the lives of four U.S. residents.
At 94 years old, Castro, a pivotal figure in the Cuban revolution