ExclusiveEx-Cuban President Raúl Castro Charged With Murder in US

Former Cuban President Raul Castro has been indicted in the United States on murder charges, court records showed on Wednesday. Castro, 94, last appeared in public in Cuba earlier this month, and there is no evidence that he has since left the island or that the government would allow him to be extradited. The indictment against Raul Castro, filed in federal court in Miami, charges him with one count of conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, four counts of murder, and two counts of destruction of aircraft, court records show. Five other people are also named as defendants in the case. The indictment is based on a 1996 incident in which Cuban jets shot down planes operated by a group of Cuban exiles. In a separate video message, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday criticized Raul Castro-founded GESA, Grupo de Administración Empresarial S.A., of depriving Cuban people's economic freedom, urged Cubans to reject the socialist regime, and offered to forge a new relationship between the U.S. and Cuba. President Trump is offering a new path between the U.S. and a new Cuba, where you have a real opportunity to choose who governs your country and vote to replace them if they're not doing a good job, he said in Spanish.