US Justice Dept. charges former Cuban president in fatal downing of planes.

Raul Castro, right, then president of Cuba, confers with his brother Fidel Castro during the Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba in Havana on April 19, 2011. The U.S. Justice Department has indicted Raul Castro, the former president and defense minister of Cuba, on murder and conspiracy charges tied to the downing of two American civilian planes in 1996. Castro was charged along with five others in the case. (José Goitía/The New York Times) By ALAN FEUER, FRANCES ROBLES and DAVID C....

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