00:00The United States has accused former Cuban President Raul Castro of involvement in the plane shooting.
00:08The United States government has officially indicted former Cuban President Raul Castro.
00:13for his alleged role in the shooting down of two humanitarian flights 30 years ago
00:19which killed three United States citizens.
00:23The indictment was unsealed on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, by the United States government.
00:28reviving old demands from 2003.
00:33Apart from Castro, who is now 94 years old,
00:36The United States government also indicted five other people
00:40for the shooting down of a plane belonging to the Cuban American group, Brothers to the Rescue.
00:45Castro was charged with the destruction of the plane and four counts of murder.
00:50This legal step comes amid increasing pressure from Washington.
00:54against one-party rule in Cuba
00:56to carry out political and economic reforms.
01:00Responding to these charges, Cuban President Miguel Dias Canel strongly condemned the United States' move.
01:06and called it a baseless political tactic.
01:10In the 1990s, a Miami-based volunteer organization
01:15called Brothers to the Rescue carries out routine flights
01:19to try to locate and assist Cuban citizens attempting to sail to the United States.
01:23In one such mission, on February 24, 1996,
01:30Cuban forces shot down two of their planes near the Cuban coast
01:34and caused four deaths.
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01:45Thank You.
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