Raúl Castro poised for indictment in decades‑long case tied to the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shoot‑down
US prosecutors are expected to announce criminal charges against former Cuban president Raúl Castro for his alleged role in the 1996 shoot‑down of Brothers to the Rescue planes, a case built over decades and linked to Cuba’s La Red Avispa spy network; the indictment draft dates back to the 1990s and a Miami‑area ceremony for victims is planned with Acting AG Todd Blanche in attendance.