The United States brought a federal indictment on Wednesday against Raúl Castro, 94, the former Cuban president. The charges were filed in Florida and concern conspiracy to murder American citizens and other crimes. At the heart of the case is a 1996 incident in which the Cuban military, on his orders according to the indictment, shot down two civilian aircraft belonging to the organization Brothers to the Rescue, which assisted Cuban emigrants. Four people were killed in the attack. zpravy.aktualne.cz ↗ BBC News ↗
At the time of the incident, Castro served as Cuba's minister of defense. According to American sources, he gave the order for the air force to shoot down aircraft arriving from the USA. The US Department of Justice decided in its indictment to act in connection with this thirty-year-old event during a period of heightened tension between Washington and Havana. HVG ↗ Spiegel.de ↗
The American side states that the indictment is part of a policy of exerting pressure on the Cuban regime. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel called the indictment a political act with no legal basis. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also offered the Cuban population humanitarian aid worth millions of dollars and criticized the Cuban government. The situation reflects the escalation of the dispute between the United States and Cuba during the Trump administration. Index.hu ↗
US brings charges against Raúl Castro over the 1996 shooting down of aircraft
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US charges Cuba's Raúl Castro with murder over 1996 downing of two planes
BBC News
| 22:11 20.05.
US-Außenminister Marco Rubio bietet Kubas Bevölkerung Hilfszahlung an und attackiert Staatsführung
Spiegel.de
| 16:39 20.05.
Emberöléssel vádolják a 94 éves Raúl Castrót egy 30 évvel ezelőtti légi támadás miatt
Index.hu
| 07:18 21.05.
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