The US Department of Justice has indicted 94-year-old former Cuban leader Raúl Castro for the 1996 downing of two Brothers to the Rescue aircraft that killed four people.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio labeled Castro a fugitive, while the Cuban government denounced the charges as a politically motivated attempt to provoke military intervention.The legal action marks a significant escalation in diplomatic tensions between the US and
Cuba after decades of regional instability.