DOJ Weighs Raul Castro Indictment Over 1996 Rescue Shootdown

Rick Scott and other lawmakers have recently urged the Justice Department to pursue charges, CBS News reported

Rick Scott and other lawmakers have recently urged the Justice Department to pursue charges, CBS News reported.

Gov. Ron DeSantis responded to the reports with a blunt endorsement.

“Let ’er rip, it’s been a long time coming! ” DeSantis wrote.

Raul Castro formally stepped down as Communist Party leader in 2021 but remains widely viewed as an influential power broker inside Cuba

If prosecutors move forward, the case would mark a dramatic escalation in U. S. -Cuba tensions and reopen one of the most emotionally charged chapters in modern relations between the two countries.

“I’m the only Cuban-born Member of the US Congress, and I fully support bringing dictator Raúl Castro to justice,” Republican Florida Rep. Carlos Giminez said on X.