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US plans to indict Cuba's Raul Castro, US DOJ official says
The indictment would target the 1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue planes and needs grand jury approval, a U.S. Justice Department official said.
- On Thursday, a Justice Department official said prosecutors plan to indict 94-year-old former President Raul Castro, with the Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida overseeing the effort.
- CBS reported the potential indictment focuses on Cuba's deadly 1996 shootdown of planes operated by humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue.
- President Donald Trump has increased pressure on Cuba, threatening sanctions on fuel suppliers, which has ignited power outages and damaged the island's economy.
- Cuban officials confirmed Thursday they met with CIA chief John Ratcliffe, who told them The United States is prepared to engage if Cuba makes "fundamental changes."
- Representatives for Cuba's foreign ministry and a Justice Department spokesman did not respond to requests for comment, leaving the planned indictment unconfirmed.
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The United States is seeking to indict the 94-year-old former Cuban president Raul Castro reported on Thursday from the American media, Washington accentuating pressure on the communist island. ...
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The United States may indict Fidel Castro's brother, former leader Raúl Castro, for the 1996 shooting down of humanitarian aid planes.
The possible judicial process arises in the midst of new economic sanctions, oil restrictions and growing diplomatic pressure against Miguel Díaz-Canel
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