The Department of Justice released the indictment against Cuban leader Raúl Castro and five other Cubans accused of murder, conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens, and destruction of aircraft in connection with the 1996 shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue planes.
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The 20-page document lays out the broad allegations brought by the United States against Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz, Lorenzo Alberto Pérez-Pérez, Emilio José Palacio Blanco, José Fidel Gual Bárzaga, Raúl Simanca Cárdenas and Luis Raúl González-Pardo Rodríguez.
As part of the filing, the Department of Justice included a series of images that reconstruct part of the story. See the screenshots below.
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The document, along with the official announcement of the federal indictment, was made public on Wednesday, May 20 — Cuba’s Independence Day.
This story was translated from English with the help of a generative AI tool. An NBC6 editor reviewed the translation.
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