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3 of 18 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Former Cuban President Raúl Castro is facing more charges in Florida related to the 1996 downing of civilian planes flown by Miami-based exiles after the U.S. government indicted the former leader earlier this year.
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government → log → leader
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier on Monday accused Castro, 95, of directing spies to infiltrate that the exile group Brothers to the Rescue and ordering the attack on their planes.
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Uthmeier → accuse → planes
The state charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder is based largely on a federal indictment announced in May that included charges of murder and destruction of an airplane.
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that → commit → airplane
It remains unclear whether Castro will ever step foot in a U.S. courtroom.
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Castro → remain → courtroom
Uthmeier said the arrest warrant will restrict Castro’s ability leave the island nation and prevent him from traveling to any place with an extradition agreement with the U.S.
“I’m not ignorant of the fact that Raúl Castro is an older man who’s probably not looking to march himself into Miami,” Uthmeier said.
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Uthmeier → say → Miami
“I think others would get him before the court of law would, but at the end of the day, we stand ready to prosecute the case.”
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we → think → case
According to the state complaint, Castro was the Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and First Vice President of Cuba when he gave the final authorization to shoot down the planes.
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he → accord → planes
Cuban Directorate of Intelligence agents operating as part of the Wasp Network in the Miami area and the Florida Keys infiltrated Brothers to the Rescue and reported flight plans, investigator said.
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investigator → operate → plans
On Feb. 24, 1996, three unarmed Cessna aircraft departed Opa-Locka Airport in Miami-Dade County.
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aircraft → depart → County
Well outside Cuba’s territorial waters, Cuban MiGs destroyed two of the civilian planes with air-to-air missiles, killing the four occupants, the complaint said.
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complaint → destroy → occupants
Both aircraft were traveling away from Cuba and received no warning despite contact with Havana air traffic control, U.S. officials said.
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officials → travel → control
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel called the federal indictment earlier this year a political stunt that sought only to “justify the folly of a military aggression against Cuba.”
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that → call → Cuba
He accused the U.S. of lying and manipulating events surrounding the shootdown.
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He → accuse → shootdown
“Our historic federal indictment laid the groundwork, and James and his team have now taken the important step of bringing charges under Florida law," U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida Jason Reding Quiñones said at a news conference.
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Quiñones → lay → conference
Castro took over as president from his ailing older brother Fidel Castro in 2006 before handing power to a trusted loyalist, Díaz-Canel, in 2018.
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Castro → take → 2018
While he retired in 2021 as head of the Cuban Communist Party, he is widely believed to wield power behind the scenes, underscored by the prominence of his grandson, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro.
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he → retire → grandson
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump has been threatening military action in Cuba ever since U.S. forces captured former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, the Cuban government’s longtime patron.
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forces → threaten → Maduro
After ousting the Venezuelan leader earlier this year, the White House ordered a blockade that choked off fuel shipments to Cuba, leading to severe blackouts, food shortages and an economic collapse across the island.
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that → oust → island
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