Former Cuban leader Raúl Castro expected to be indicted
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Raúl Castro, the brother of Cuba's longtime dictator Fidel Castro, stepped down as the leader of Cuba's Communist Party in 2021.
The Justice Department indicted former Cuban president Raúl Castro on Wednesday in connection to the 1996 shooting of two civilian planes that killed four Cuban Americans.
Communist guerrilla, Bay of Pigs defender and Fidel Castro's successor, Raul Castro is now the target of a U.S. criminal indictment.
Raul Castro was married to Vilma Espin and the two had four children
A mother of one of the victims killed in the attack on the 1996 "Brothers to the Rescue" flights, Miriam de la Peña, talked about her response to the indictment of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, telling NBC News' Tom Llamas that the Justice Department's actions show that Castro will not escape justice for his role in the attack.