The U.S. may announce a doable prison indictment of former Cuban president Raul Castro within the coming days, sources acquainted with the matter mentioned.
The investigation, which is being executed within the Southern District of Florida, has centered across the 1996 shootdown of planes that had been operated by the humanitarian group, Brothers to the Rescue.
Information of a possible indictment would come as President Donald Trump seeks to show his consideration to Cuba.
On this Feb. 1, 2016, file photograph, Cuban President Raul Castro attends an settlement signing ceremony with the French president after a gathering on the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris.
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Earlier this month, Trump mentioned that after the operation in Iran, “Cuba goes to be subsequent,” and that the U.S. will probably be “taking on Cuba virtually instantly.”
Cuban Overseas Minister Bruno Rodriguez has warned that the USA is on a “harmful path” that would result in a “massacre in Cuba” in response to Trump’s continued rhetoric about taking on the nation. Rodriguez mentioned there was “no progress” in talks between the 2 international locations.
In a sit-down interview with ABC Information’ Whit Johnson in Havana earlier this month, Rodriguez mentioned he takes Trump’s threats “very severely,” and that Cuba will “train its proper for its legit protection” if attacked militarily.
To date, the Trump administration has relied on financial techniques to strain Cuba, together with a blockade earlier this yr reducing off Havana’s entry to overseas oil shipments, together with these from Venezuela.
CIA director John Ratcliffe met with Cuban officers in Havana this week. The company mentioned the U.S. is ready to have interaction with Cuba on financial and safety points, however provided that Cuba makes elementary adjustments.
