The Department of Justice unsealed a superseding indictment charging former Cuban President Raul Castro and five other members of the Castro regime with shooting down two unarmed U.S. rescue flights in 1996. The indictment was announced by the DOJ after a press conference in Miami at the Freedom Tower. The Trump administration has escalated rhetoric against Cuba’s communist government, including Castro, Miguel Diaz-Canel, and other regime leaders. Raul Castro led Cuba after Fidel Castro became ill and transferred power to Diaz-Canel in 2021. Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted a Spanish video message with English subtitles criticizing the regime and GAESA, a military-run conglomerate controlling much of Cuba’s infrastructure and economy. The Cuban government has vowed readiness to defend against any U.S. attacks.
"The Department of Justice unsealed a superseding indictment Wednesday charging former Cuban President Raul Castro and five other members of the Castro regime for shooting down two unarmed U.S. rescue flights in 1996. President Donald Trump's administration has been escalating its rhetoric against the communist government in Cuba, including Castro, the 94-year-old brother of the late dictator Fidel Castro, current leader Miguel Diaz-Canel, and other regime leaders."
"Thus far, the Cuban government remains defiant and has vowed they are ready to defend against any U.S. attacks. Wednesday morning on the day recognized as Cuban Independence Day, commemorating the creation of the Republic of Cuba in 1902 Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted a video message, in Spanish with English subtitles, on his social media, addressing the Cuban people and criticizing the regime and specifically GAESA, the military-run conglomerate that controls much of the island nation's infrastructure and economy."
"The DOJ's press release names as defendants Raul Modesto Castro Ruz, 94, of Holguin, Cuba; along with Lorenzo Alberto PerezPerez of Las Tunas, Cuba; Emilio Jose Palacio Blanco; Jose Fidel Gual Barzaga; Raul Simanca Cardenas; and"
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