U.S. indicts Raúl Castro over 1996 plane shootdown (opens in new tab)
Federal prosecutors in Miami unsealed an indictment Wednesday charging Raúl Castro, Cuba’s 94-year-old former president, and five others over the Cuban military’s 1996 downing of two civilian planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue. The indictment charges Castro with one count of conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, four counts of murder and two counts of destruction of aircraft; prosecutors said a grand jury returned it on April 23 and a judge later granted a requ...
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