Trump Administration Indicts Cuba's Raul Castro Over 1996 Plane Shootdown

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• The Trump administration has indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro in connection with the 1996 downing of two civilian aircraft operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue.
• The indictment, unsealed on Wednesday, marks one of the sharpest escalations in tensions between Washington and Havana in years.
• The US Justice Department alleges that Castro, Cuba's defence minister at the time, played a leading role in the decision to have Cuban fighter jets shoot down the planes on February 24, 1996. Castro is charged with one count of conspiracy to kill US nationals, four counts of murder and two counts of destroying an aircraft.
• Five co-defendants were also named.
• Four people were killed in the attack: Carlos Costa, Armando Alejandre Jr, Mario de la Pena, and Pablo Morales.