US planning to criminally indict ex-Cuban leader Raúl Castro

U.S. plans to indict Cuba`s former leader Raul Castro over the downing of humanitarian planes two decades ago further increased tensions on the island on Friday, as the country ‌struggles with its worst crisis in decades amid severe fuel shortages.

All three people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to discuss an ongoing investigation.

In the early 1990s, tens of thousands of Cubans were taking to the sea aboard rickety handmade rafts in a perilous quest for a new life in the United States.

Ratcliffe had flown directly to Cuba to deliver a stark warning from President Donald Trump to the island's leaders and in a coordinated move on the same day, news also broke that the United States is moving to indict former Cuba president Raul Castro, hitting the Communist government from multiple directions at once.