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Former Cuban president Raúl Castro -- who is the 94-year-old brother of Fidel Castro -- was indicted on multiple criminal charges as the U.S. continues its pressure campaign against Cuba's communist government. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday said Castro and "several others" were charged with murder, as well as conspiracy to kill U.S. nations and destruction of aircraft. “My message today is clear: The United States and President (Donald) Trump does not and will not forget its citizens," Blanche said during a news conference. The 20-page indictment identified the other defendants as the following men: Lorenzo Alberto Perez-Perez, Emilio Jose Palacio Blanco, Jose Fidel Gual Barzaga, Raúl Simanca Cardenas, and Luis Raúl Gonzalez-Pardo Rodriguez. Blanche traveled to Miami to make the announcement during a memorial ceremony for the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown, where two civilian aircraft were shot down by Cuban fighter jets, killing four unarmed men, includi...

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