The US justice department is reportedly preparing to indict aging Cuban leader Raúl Castro in the coming days over the shooting down of two aircraft three decades ago.
The reported charges, which would need to be approved by a US grand jury, emerged as the director of the CIA travelled to Cuba to meet officials in Havana.
Castro, 94, stepped down as Cuban Communist Party leader in 2021, ending his family's more than half a century in power. He led the country for 15 years, stepping in after his brother, Fidel, resigned.
The potential indictment is the latest move in a US pressure campaign that has included an oil blockade and widespread sanctions.
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The United States does not rule out capturing one of the leaders of the Cuban Revolution, Army General Raul Castro, The New York Times quoted sources as saying.
ReplyDeleteThe New York Times said that in January Washington used federal charges against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as a pretext to invade and capture him. Earlier, American media reported that the United States was preparing to charge 94-year-old Castro with a 1996 shooting down of two planes of the Miami-based emigrant organization Brothers to the Rescue.
According to The New York Times, American officials admit that the United States will enact a Venezuelan scenario in Cuba. The final decision has not yet been made, the newspaper notes. Several sources believe that this course of action will not be approved, but the very threat of a possible capture of Castro could allegedly convince the Cuban authorities to concede to Washington.