The U.S. has indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro. The indictment is tied to the alleged downing of two civilian planes in 1996.

The charges in the deadly downing of two jets in 1996, likely to remain symbolic, come as the Trump administration has ratcheted up pressure on Cuba.

The Justice Department was expected to announce a criminal case Wednesday against former Cuban President Raúl Castro as the Trump administration escalates pressure on the socialist government, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The Justice Department’s criminal charges against former Cuban president Raúl Castro is a prosecution more than 30 years in the works, with federal prosecutors in Miami first drafting an indictment against him in the 1990s.

The U.S. charged ex-Cuban President Raúl Castro, 94, accusing him of responsibility for the1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue planes.

The US government has indicted former Cuban president Raúl Castro on charges of conspiracy to kill US nationals over a fatal attack on two planes in 1996. Cuban military jets sho

The Trump administration is expected to announce criminal charges ⁠against ⁠former Cuban president Raul Castro on Wednesday, ⁠in a move that would mark a step-up in Washington's pressure campaign against the Caribbean island's communist government.

Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro was indicted by a U.S. grand jury in connection with the Cuban military's fatal downing of two planes in 1996 — an escalation in the U.S. pressure campaign against the Cuban government.