Former Cuban President Raul Castro has been indicted in the United States on murder charges, court records showed on Wednesday.

Former Cuban president Raúl Castro has been charged in the United States with murder in a major escalation of Washington's pressure campaign against the island's communist government.

The US said the indictment was part of a “new path” for Cuba, with officials calling for a “real opportunity to choose who governs your country”.

The US said the indictment was part of a “new path” for Cuba, with officials calling for a “real opportunity to choose who governs your country”.

​The United States government is set to prosecute Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz, 94, the President of Cuba between 2008 and 2018, and brother of the late Fidel

The indictment was related to Castro's alleged role in the shootdown of two small planes operated by the exile group Brothers to the Rescue.

U.S. indicts former Cuban President Raul Castro over 1996 plane downing, intensifying tensions amid calls for regime change.

U.S. indicts former Cuban President Raul Castro over 1996 plane downing, intensifying tensions amid calls for regime change.

Raul Castro, who spent years at the pinnacle of Cuba's government alongside his late brother Fidel, has been indicted in U.S. federal court on charges of murder and conspiracy to kill Americans s

The United States has indicted former Cuban president Raul Castro as the Trump administration intensifies pressure on Havana. The move heightens tensions after Washington's threats and Cuba's public defiance.

May 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday formally charged former Cuban President Raúl Castro, 94, accusing him of authorizing the 1996 shootdown of aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue, a Cuban American exile organization.

Castro and five others are charged with conspiracy to kill US nationals, murder, and destruction of aircraft

President Trump declared that the U.S. is "freeing up Cuba" after the Justice Department indicted Cuban leader Raul Castro.

Cuba's nonagenarian communist dictator Raúl Castro has been indicted over his role in the killing of four Americans in February 1996.

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raul Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the island's socialist government. The indictment was related to Castro’s alleged role in the shootdown of two small planes operated…

President Donald Trump hailed the US indictment of Cuba's former leader Raul Castro on Wednesday but said he did not see the need for escalation, amid speculation that Washington will try to topple the communist state.

WASHINGTON - Former Cuban President Raúl Castro’s indictment for murder and conspiring to kill U.S. nationals is the latest development in U.S.–Cuba relations, which have spanned more than six decades. "If you kill Americans, we will pursue you, no matter who you are, no matter what title you hold, and in this case, no matter how much time has passed," Attorney General Todd Blanche said at a public event in Florida. The allegations stem from 1996, when Castro allegedly ordered the downing two civilian planes providing humanitarian aid, killing four. USA Today noted the conflict has been defined by cycles of hostility, pressure and periodic violence. From Fidel Castro’s 1959 overthrow of U.S.-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista to his brother Raúl Castro’s rise to power and recent moves by President Donald Trump to designate Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism, the conflict has stretched across generations.