DOJ Indicts Former Cuban President as Trump Ratchets Up Pressure
The U.S. government indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro in federal court Wednesday for his alleged role in shooting down planes belonging to Cuban exiles in 1996.
Castro, 94, and five others were charged in Miami with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, four counts of murder, and two counts of destruction of aircraft related to when the Cuban military shot down aircraft over the Florida Straits allegedly on a humanitarian mission, killing four people. Castro is accused of giving the order to fire.
The indictment appears to be part of the Trump administration’s growing pressure campaign to force regime change in the country.
This is a developing story.
