Raul Castro, the former president of Cuba, was indicted. He is accused of ordering planes operated by a humanitarian group to be shot down in 1996.

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro with ordering the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles, a major escalation of pressure by the Tr

A U.S. grand jury in Florida indicted former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five others on murder and conspiracy charges over the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday.

Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has been charged in a U.S. indictment with murder and other crimes for his alleged role in the downing of two civilian aircraft operated by Miami-based exiles

The US government has charged the former Cuban president with conspiracy to kill US nationals and other crimes over the downing of the two planes.

Federal prosecutors in Florida on Wednesday unsealed an indictment charging former Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five others in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes 30 years ago.

Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), the only current member of Congress born in Cuba, reacts to the US Department of Justice move to

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. The case unveiled on Wednesday – a revival of charges originally from 2003 – accuses Castro and five others of shooting down aircraft belonging to Cuban American group Brothers to the Rescue and killing four people,