Former Cuban leader Raul Castro indicted for murder over shootdown of civilian aircraft in 1996

MIAMI — The Department of Justice unsealed a superseding indictment charging former Cuban President Raul Modesto Castro Ruz and five Cuban MiG fighter pilots with orchestrating the 1996 shootdown of two unarmed civilian aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue, killing four people over international waters in the Florida Straits. “If you kill Americans, we […]