Florida Issues Additional Charges Against Former Cuban President Raúl Castro

• Florida has obtained a state arrest warrant for Raúl Castro on charges of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder related to the 1996 shootdown of civilian planes.
• The U.S. government indicted Raúl Castro earlier this year for his role in the incident.
• The planes were flown by Miami-based exiles, and the incident is known as the Brothers to the Rescue shootdown.
• Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier reopened the state's investigation into Castro after taking office.
• The charges against Raúl Castro are related to the downing of four civilian planes in 1996.