Cuba hardliners ask Trump’s DOJ to indict Raul Castro

(Marc Caputo – Axios) Four Cuban American members of Congress on Friday wrote to President Trump calling for the indictment of Cuba’s de facto dictator, Raul Castro, for allegedly ordering the 1996 downing of a plane that was dropping supplies to people who were fleeing to the U.S. on rafts. Four members of an aid group were killed in the incident.
Why it matters: If Trump’s Justice Department acts on the request and secures an indictment, it would be the latest move by his administration aimed at pressuring Cuba’s struggling government to change its communist leadership. Crippling U.S. sanctions and government mismanagement have brought Cuba closer to collapse than ever since the revolution of 1959. – Scoop: Cuba hardliners ask Trump’s DOJ to indict Raul Castro