Miami, May 20, 2026 (AFP) - 1996 Cuban downing of two US planes behind Raul Castro indictment

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2026-05-20

The criminal indictment on Wednesday of Raul Castro, Cuba's former president, springs from the downing three decades ago of two civilian US planes by Cuban Air Force MiG fighters. Castro, the brother of longtime leader Fidel Castro, was defense minister when the two Cessnas belonging to a Cuban-American exile group were shot down by air-to-air missiles in international airspace. Four members of a Miami-based anti-Castro humanitarian group known a......

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