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Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro faces new arrest warrant for Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, officials announce

Marcus Chen
Managing Editor · Monday, October 19, 2026 at 11:12 PM · 1 min read
Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro faces new arrest warrant for Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, officials announce — CBS Miami, Los Angeles Government news
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A new arrest warrant has been issued for former Cuban leader Ra l Castro for his alleged role in the Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier announced in Miami on Monday.He's accused of first-degree murder.The announcement was made alongside other state and local officials at Florida International University in Miami."Ra l Castro ordered the murder of four Floridians in cold blood, and Florida will never stop pursuing accountability for that communist conspiracy," Uthmeier said in a statement. "The Castro regime's spies operated in our communities, fed intelligence to Havana, and helped put civilian pilots in the crosshairs of Cuban MiGs. Thirty years later, we are still fighting for justice for Carlos Costa, Pablo Morales, Mario de la Pe a, and Armando Alejandre Jr."The case centers around the shootdown of two civilian rescue group airplanes in 1996. Three U.S. citizens and a legal resident were killed.Castro is accused of agreeing to the killing of t

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