The story of Cuba's 1996 shootdown that led to Raúl Castro's indictment
Source: Politics - CBSNews.com · Bias: Center
Summary
Thirty years ago, a Cuban fighter jet shot down two civilian planes operated by Florida-based exile group Brothers to the Rescue, an incident that inflamed U.S.-Cuba relations.
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