US plans to indict Cuba's Raul Castro, US DOJ official says

New York [US], May 16: The United States plans to indict Cuba's Raul Castro, a U.S. Department of ​Justice official said late on Thursday.
The timing of the potential indictment, would need to be approved by a grand jury, was not immediately clear, but the official said it sounds imminent.
The potential indictment of the 94-year-old former ​president of Cuba and brother of Fidel is expected to focus ​on the downing of aircraft, the official said on condition ⁠of anonymity.
CBS previously reported that the case relates to Cuba's deadly ​1996 shootdown of planes operated by humanitarian group Brothers to the Rescue.
Representatives for ​Cuba's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside of normal business hours.
A U.S. Justice Department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request ​for comment.
Trump's administration has called Cuba's current communist-run government corrupt and ​incompetent and is seeking to replace it. The latest move comes as President Donald Trump ⁠heaped pressure on Cuba, effectively imposing a blockade on the island by threatening sanctions on countries supplying it with fuel, igniting power outages and delivering blows to its economy.
Source: Fijian Broadcasting Corporation