Why has the US indicted Cuba’s Raul Castro now?
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“The indictment of former Cuban President Raul Castro over a 1996 plane shootdown”
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Three independent web search results from reputable sources (including The Guardian and reports on federal prosecutors' actions) confirm that the United States indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro in connection with the 1996 shootdown of planes belonging to the Brothers to the Rescue group.
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— The US has charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro with conspiracy to kill US nationals and other crimes over the downing of two planes between Cuba and Florida in 1996.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3r219yxl5eo
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3r219yxl5eo
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— United States federal prosecutors have indicted Cuba’s former President Raul Castro in connection with the 1996 downing of planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/trump-administratio…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/20/trump-administratio…
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— Raúl Castro allegedly authorized the 24 February 1996 shooting down of two small planes belonging to the Miami-based Brothers to the Rescue volunteer group of exiles, which would scour the 90 miles of…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/cuba-raul-cast…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/20/cuba-raul-cast…
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