Video WATCH LIVE: DOJ expected to announce indictment against former Cuban President Raúl Castro Acting AG Todd Blanche makes an announcement in Miami in conjunction with a ceremony to honor the victims of the Brothers to the Rescue Murders of 1996.
Former Cuban President Raúl Castro has been indicted in connection to his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue.
Cuba's President Raul Castro addresses the Cuban Communist Party Congress in Havana, Cuba, in a file photo from April 16, 2016. (Ismael Francisco/Cubadebate/AP)
The indictment was unsealed on Wednesday. Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and other officials are expected to make the announcement in Miami.
The charges include conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, destruction of aircraft and murder.
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