US raises pressure on Cuba, charging Raul Castro with murder
Key takeaways
- The indictment is the latest step by the Trump administration to punish Cuba's communist government and officials.
- US indicts Cuba's Raul Castro over deadly 1996 plane attackTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
- Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez has denounced the allegations, calling it a "political maneuver, devoid of any legal foundation."
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The indictment is the latest step by the Trump administration to punish Cuba's communist government and officials. Raul Castro stepped down from the presidency in 2018.
https://p.dw.com/p/5E3uf Raul Castro, seen here attending the May Day parade in Havana three weeks ago, was Cuba's head of state from 2008 to 2018Image: Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo/picture alliance Advertisement The United States has indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro, the US Department of Justice announced Wednesday.
Castro has been charged for his alleged role in the downing of two civilian US planes by Cuban air force fighter jets in 1996, which killed four members of a Miami-based anti-Castro humanitarian group known as Brothers to the Rescue. Castro was defense minister at the time.