US charges Raúl Castro over 1996 plane shootdown
▸ Part of: US charges Raúl Castro with murder over 1996 Brothers to the Rescue plane shootdown
The United States has charged former Cuban leader Raul Castro and five others over the 1996 downing of two aircraft belonging to the Cuban-American group Brothers to the Rescue, which killed four people, including three Americans. The charges include conspiracy to kill US nationals, destruction of aircraft, and murder. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel dismissed the indictment as a political maneuver without legal basis.
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