What to Know
- The U.S. Department of Justice is scheduled to make an announcement at 1 p.m. from the Freedom Tower in Miami.
- Florida Republican lawmakers Mario Diaz-Balart, Maria Elvira Salazar and Carlos A. Gimenez, along with fellow Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of New York, will hold a joint news conference at 9 a.m. to push for formal charges against Cuban leader Raul Castro over his alleged involvement in the 1996 shoot down of the civilian aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue.
- The events, which will also be livestreamed, are expected to include an announcement and a ceremony honoring the victims of the plane shoot down.
- The announcement is expected on May 20, an important date in Cuba’s history, and amid heightened tensions between the Trump administration and the Cuban government.
The U.S. government is expected to announce the indictment of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro in connection with the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown that killed four men over the Florida Straits, sources told NBC News.
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