The US has unveiled charges against former Cuban president Raúl Castro over a fatal attack on two planes in 1996, the BBC reports.
Acting Attorney General Blanche announcef that Raúl Castro and others are being indicted on charges of conspiracy to kill US nationals.
Blanche said Castro and the others are also charged with destruction of aircraft and four counts of murder.
He said the families of the four people who died when Cuban military jets shot down two civilian planes in 1996 have waited decades for “justice.”
Cuban military jets shot down two civilian planes operated by exiles from the country, killing four people. Raúl Castro was armed forces minister at the time.
The Trump administration has been ramping up pressure on the communist government in Havana – a little earlier, Donald Trump called Cuba a “rogue state”
Cuba has been hit by widespread power outages after the US effectively blockaded the island by threatening sanctions on those who supply it with fuel.
