{"id":182,"date":"2026-05-21T04:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=182"},"modified":"2026-05-21T04:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T04:38:24","slug":"the-u-s-indicted-raul-castro-will-they-bring-him-to-miami-to-be-prosecuted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=182","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. indicted Raul Castro. Will they bring him to Miami to be prosecuted?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In the moments after he announced that a grand jury had indicted Ra\u00fal Castro for the shoot-down of two Brothers to the Rescue planes in 1996, Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche was asked the same question over and over again: Will the Trump administration attempt to bring the 94-year-old from Cuba to be prosecuted in Miami?<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=180\">What\u2019s the deadline? SC\u2019s \u2018deliberative body\u2019 fast tracks redistricting debate<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t a show indictment,\u201d Blanche said. \u201cThere was a warrant issued for his arrest, so we expect that he will show up here by his own will or by another way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Whether Castro ever stands trial for murder in Miami will determine whether Wednesday\u2019s announcement \u2014 made as the Trump administration pushes Cuba\u2019s tottering government for reforms \u2014 was more than a symbolic measure and pressure tactic to bring the communist regime to heel.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Cuban leader Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel described it as \u201ca political action \u2026 that only seeks to beef up the case they\u2019re manufacturing to justify the folly of a military aggression against Cuba.\u201d Earlier this week, he said military action by the U.S. \u201cwould trigger a bloodbath.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>In Miami and Cuba, the indictment, unsealed on what the United States recognizes as Cuba\u2019s independence day, was treated as an escalation of the Trump administration\u2019s aggressive posture toward the island.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Cuban exiles said they expect Donald Trump to follow through on the indictment against Castro and five others, noting that the U.S. military acted on an indictment of former Venezuelan ruler Nicol\u00e1s Maduro to invade that country, seize the authoritarian ruler and drag him to New York to face prosecution on drug conspiracy charges.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we went to Venezuela and we got Maduro, we have to get these people,\u201d said 57-year-old Carmen Torres, born in Puerto Rico to a father from Havana and a mother from Guant\u00e1namo. \u201cWe need to do something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The White House, too, drew a clear line between the day of the announced charges and its use of the military to capture Maduro.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe indictment and removal of Maduro sent a clear message to his socialist allies in Havana,\u201d the White House wrote in a message reflecting Wednesday\u2019s anniversary. \u201cThis is our Hemisphere and those that destabilize it and threaten the United States will face consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>But there were no hard commitments on Wednesday to make sure that Castro, who turns 95 next month, will ever make it into a U.S. courtroom.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Blanche deferred to the White House a question about whether the Trump administration would consider military action to seize Castro. The White House referred a reporter asking the same question to Blanche\u2019s Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to see how this ends up as anything other than a huge symbolic show to satisfy the anxieties of the Cuban-American constituency ahead of the midterms,\u201d Orlando J. P\u00e9rez, a professor of political science at the University of North Texas at Dallas, wrote on X. \u201cThe prospects that Raul Castro will end up in a US court are infinitesimal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=178\">Catawba Indians open doors to 1st phase of their $1.25 billion NC casino<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Leave now\u2019<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>If Miami\u2019s members of Congress have a say, the Trump administration would do the same to Castro as it did to Maduro.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>During a press conference in Washington Wednesday morning, they pointed to the indictment as an ultimatum to the country\u2019s former president: leave now, or expect capture or death.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are sending the message to the Castro family: it\u2019s time for you to leave. It\u2019s time for you to heed the signal from the White House and do not fall into the abyss,\u201d Rep. Mar\u00eda Elvira Salazar told reporters during a press conference in Washington.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She was standing in front of a poster with a photo of Maduro with the label \u201cCAPTURED,\u201d a photo of the killed former Iranian leader Ali Khamenei marked \u201cELIMINATED\u201d and a photo of Ra\u00fal Castro stamped \u201cPENDING.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have the option not to wind up where Maduro is. You can leave now,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Miami\u2019s lawmakers also praised the indictment as justice for the killing of the pilots 30 years ago. \u201cJustice delayed, but at least it\u2019s justice,\u201d Rep. Carlos Gim\u00e9nez said. They stood in front of four additional photos showing the four men killed in the shoot-down \u2014 Armando Alejandre, Jr., Carlos Costa, Mario de la Pe\u00f1a and Pablo Morales.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese four individuals are screaming and yelling from their grave for justice. Their families are asking for justice,\u201d Rep. Mario D\u00edaz-Balart said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He and the other Miami representatives, all Republicans, penned a letter to President Donald Trump in February requesting the charges against Castro. Nicole Malliotakis, a Cuban-American representative from New York, also signed the letter and joined them Wednesday in Washington.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>They didn\u2019t mince words about the stakes or timing of the indictment amid the escalating U.S. pressure against Cuba. Following the military operation to seize Maduro in Caracas and take him to New York to be prosecuted, they repeated statements from Trump that \u201cCuba is next.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo those that wonder whether this is just an indictment or we\u2019re gonna go away, we\u2019re not,\u201d Blanche said. \u201cWe certainly expect and believe that Mr. Castro is entitled to his day in court right here in Miami.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>Miami Herald reporters Alexandra Phelps and Nora G\u00e1mez Torres contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=176\">Rabid bat found in Richland County, DPH says three humans exposed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Cuban-American lawmakers say an expected indictment of Ra\u00fal Castro is an ultimatum: leave now or face capture, invoking Maduro\u2019s ouster as precedent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The U.S. indicted Raul Castro. 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