US plans to indict Cuba's Raul Castro, US DOJ official says
Federal prosecutors say the case could be approved by a grand jury and unsealed next week, after 4 people died in the 1996 shootdown.
- The Justice Department is preparing to seek an indictment against 94-year-old former Cuban President Raul Castro for his alleged role in the 1996 downing of four humanitarian aircraft, as CIA Director John Ratcliffe visited Havana on Thursday.
- On Feb. 26, 1996, Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets downed two unarmed civilian Cessna planes just beyond Cuba's airspace, according to an International Civil Aviation Organization investigation.
- The Trump administration has described the Cuban government as "corrupt and incompetent" while ramping up sanctions and enforcing a de facto fuel blockade to force political change.
- Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez expressed defiance on Friday, while author Peter Kornbluh warned an indictment would likely represent "the diplomatic endpoint" to negotiations.
- Speculation is growing that President Donald Trump may turn his attention to Cuba as he winds down the war in Iran, having previously threatened military action similar to his administration's capture of Nicolas Maduro.
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Miami (USA), May 15 (EFE).- Cuban José Basulto, founder of Brothers to the Rescue, remains "sceptical" about getting justice and change on the island despite reports of a upcoming criminal charge in the United States against former Cuban president Raúl Castro for the death of four pilots of that association 30 years ago. "I remain skeptical to the point where the action is taken and the action to be taken is the criminal prosecution of Raúl Cast…
In February 1996, several Brothers to the Rescue aircraft were shot down by Cuban forces in an incident in which four people were killed. More information: The U.S. intensifies contacts with a Cuba on the verge of collapse with an unusual trip by the CIA director to Havana
Raul Castro was defense minister in 1996.
The United States will present a historic accusation against Raúl Castro, 94 years old and former president of Cuba, for the shooting down of planes in 1996, according to the Miami Herald. According to the media, the U.S. authorities plan to present the accusation next Wednesday, May 20, in the midst of growing tension with Cuba.The U.S. could accuse Raúl Castro from Miami; Trump avoids making a statementAccording to the Miami Herald, the U.S. a…
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