US announces charges against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro in 1996 aircraft shootdown

2026-05-20 20:10 • ;Associated Press

The indictment was related to Castro’s alleged role in the shootdown of two small planes operated by the exile group Brothers to the Rescue. Castro, now 94, was Cuba's defense minister at the time.


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