US seeks to indict Cuba’s ex-president Raul Castro — media
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States (US) is seeking to indict Raul Castro, the 94-year-old brother of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, as Washington ramps up pressure on the communist-run island, US media reported Thursday.
An indictment of Castro would be a stunning twist in the deepening crisis in US-Cuba relations, with the island enduring constant power outages prompted by President Donald Trump’s fuel blockade.
Trump has repeatedly signalled that he wants to topple the communist government in Cuba.
Raul Castro, who succeeded his brother as president of Cuba, oversaw a historic 2015 rapprochement with the United States under Barack Obama that Trump later reversed.
CBS News reported that the possible indictment would focus on the 1996 downing of two civilian planes manned by anti-Castro pilots, citing US officials familiar with the matter.
The US justice department did not immediately reply to AFP’s request for comment.
