Former Cuban President Raúl Castro Indicted Over 1996 Plane Downings

Four American citizens were killed in the 1996 plane downings that form the basis of the indictment.

Thirty years after Cuban military jets shot down two civilian aircraft over international waters, killing four Americans, the United States has formally indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro and five fighter pilots for their roles in the 1996 incident. The charges will almost certainly never reach a courtroom — Cuba holds no extradition treaty with the U.S., and the defendants remain beyond American jurisdiction — yet the indictment stands as a deliberate act of legal memory, a sovereign nation insisting that some acts, however distant, do not dissolve into history without consequence. I

Former Cuban President Raúl Castro Indicted Over 1996 Plane Downings

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