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Cuba's Raul Castro, wanted by US, appears at an event on state television

Cuba's former leader Raul Castro appeared at an event shown on state television on Friday in the elder statesman's first public appearance since his indictment on murder charges last month in the United States.

The Trump administration has accused the former defense minister of ordering Cuban military jets to shoot down planes operated by a group of Cuban exiles in 1996, a major escalation in ​Washington's pressure campaign against the island's communist government.

(Reporting by Dave Sherwood)

Copyright Reuters or USA Today Network via Reuters Connect.

This story was originally published June 5, 2026 at 8:08 PM.

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