Federal authorities in the United States have charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro and five fighter pilots in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles.

Raúl Castro has been charged for his alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of two planes operated by the Miami-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue.

When Cuban government fighter jets shot down two small planes flown by members of a Cuban exile group from Miami 30 years ago, The Associated Press was there.

Former Cuban leader Raul Castro has been indicted by the United States for his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two planes ...

Thirty years after Cuban fighter jets blasted two small civilian planes out of the sky over the Florida Straits, killing four ...

Thirty years ago, a Cuban fighter jet shot down two civilian planes operated by Florida-based exile group Brothers to the ...

Cubans and Cuban Americans deserve more than endless historical war, or symbolic indictments in a U.S. court. They deserve ...

All four died in February 1996 when Cuban fighter jets shot down two civilian planes operated by the group over international ...

U.S. officials are set to make a major announcement in Miami on the 30th anniversary of the "Brothers to the Rescue" shootdown, which killed four men in 1996.

According to US prosecutors, the then Defence Minister Raul authorised the deployment of Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets to ...

US federal authorities charge Raul Castro and five Cuban fighter pilots over the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue plane downing ...