The U.S. Department of Justice and Florida Attorney General's Office announce the Miami grand jury indictment of former Cuban president Raul Castro for the 1996 murders of four US nationals.
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It charges Castro with conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, destruction of aircraft and four separate counts of murder, Blanche revealed. The indictment stems from a February 1996 incident in which four Americans — Carlos Costa, Armando Alejandre Jr., Mario de la Peña, and Pablo Morales — were flying in civilian aircraft when Cuban military aircraft shot their planes down in international waters and killed them, the indictment alleges, according to Blanche.
"They were unarmed civilians and were flying humanitarian missions for the rescue and protection of people fleeing oppression across the Florida Straits,""As alleged in the indictment, Raúl Castro and five co-defendants participated in a conspiracy that ended with Cuban military aircraft firing missiles at those planes and killing four Americans," he continued. Cuba's President Raul Castro addresses the Cuban Communist Party Congress in Havana, Cuba, in a file photo from April 16, 2016.
"Nations and their leaders cannot be permitted to target Americans. Kill them, and not face accountability," Blanche also said. Joining Blanche in announcing the indictment were United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason A. Reding Quiñones, Deputy FBI Director Christopher Raia and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier.
"There can be no future for a free Cuba so long as the Castros and their criminal gang of thugs remain in power," Uthmeier said, to thunderous applause from the Miami crowd. "We now have the leaders that will pursue that which is right and just," Uthmeier added, concluding with"get ready, there's more to come. God bless America and God bless the free state of Cuba. "
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