Skip to main contentSkip to navigation Close dialogue1/1 Next image Previous image Toggle caption Raúl Castro looks takes part in an event celebrating the 65th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution in Santiago, Cuba, on 1 January 2024. Photograph: Ismael Francisco/AP View image in fullscreen Raúl Castro looks takes part in an event celebrating the 65th anniversary of the triumph of the revolution in Santiago, Cuba, on 1 January 2024. Photograph: Ismael Francisco/AP US indicts former Cuban president Raúl Castro as it seeks to oust regimeCharges filed in Miami against 94-year-old for allegedly shooting down exiles’ planes in 1996 The United States issued a federal criminal indictment against Raúl Castro, Cuba’s former president, and five others on Wednesday in a significant escalation of the Trump administration’s campaign to oust the country’s six-decades-old communist regime.The 94-year-old political figurehead was charged in Miami, Florida, with conspiracy to kill US nationals, four counts of murder and two counts of destruction of aircraft.Other defendants are a fighter pilot who was initially charged in connection with a 1996 incident in which four men were killed by the Cuban military when their aircraft were shot down during a humanitarian mission in the Florida Straits.Castro, Cuba’s defense minister at the time, is alleged to have given the order to open fire.The indictment, in US district court…
Published: May 20, 2026 5:08 pm
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