Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel has reacted to the US indictment of his predecessor, Raúl Castro, over the 1996 downing of two planes, calling it a 'political move with no legal basis.'
The charges aim to 'add to the file they are fabricating to justify the folly of a military aggression against Cuba,' Díaz-Canel said in a post on X.
The US's move to charge former Cuban president Raúl Castro with murder has further escalated the tensions between the two countries, with the Trump administration trying to force change in Havana after nearly seven decades of communist rule.
The charges relate to the February 1996 downing by Cuba of two civilian aircraft run by the Florida-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue, killing four people.
Raúl Castro, who turns 95 next month, succeeded his brother Fidel as Cuba's President in 2008 and as head of the Communist Party in 2011.
