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Florida adds additional charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro

Florida adds additional charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro

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October 19th, 2026

Florida adds additional charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro

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Earlier this year, the U.S. government filed charges against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro.

今年早些时候,美国政府起诉了古巴前领导人劳尔·卡斯特罗。

Now he faces additional charges in Florida over the 1996 shooting down of civilian aircraft flown by Miami exiles.

如今,他因1996年迈阿密流亡者驾驶的民用飞机被击落事件,在佛罗里达州面临更多指控。

On Monday, Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier accused the 95-year-old Castro of directing spies to infiltrate the exile organization "Brothers to the Rescue" and ordering an attack on its aircraft.

佛罗里达州总检察长詹姆斯·乌斯迈尔于周一指控现年95岁的卡斯特罗指使间谍渗透流亡组织“救援兄弟会”,并下令对其飞机发动袭击。

This state-level charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder is largely based on a federal indictment unsealed in May, which includes charges related to murder and the destruction of an aircraft.

这项州级共谋一级谋杀指控主要基于5月公布的联邦起诉书,该起诉书包含谋杀及破坏飞机的相关指控。

It remains unclear whether Castro will ever set foot in an American courtroom.

目前尚不清楚卡斯特罗是否会踏入美国法庭。

Uthmeier said the arrest warrant would restrict Castro from leaving the island nation and prevent him from traveling to any place that has an extradition agreement with the United States.

乌斯迈尔表示,逮捕令将限制卡斯特罗离开这个岛国,并阻止他前往任何与美国签有引渡协议的地方。

"I am not unaware that Raúl Castro is advanced in years, and he probably will not voluntarily travel to Miami," Usmail said. "I think others will find him before legal proceedings begin, but at the end of the day, we are ready to file a lawsuit in this case at any time."

“我并非不清楚劳尔·卡斯特罗年事已高,他大概不会主动前往迈阿密,”乌斯迈尔说,“我认为在法律程序启动之前,其他人会先找到他,但归根结底,我们随时准备就此案提起诉讼。”

According to the state indictment, Castro, who at the time held the posts of Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and First Vice President of Cuba, was the person who gave the final authorization to shoot down the aircraft.

根据州级起诉书,当时身兼革命武装力量部长与古巴第一副总统的卡斯特罗,正是下达击落飞机最终授权之人。

Investigators say that agents of Cuba's Directorate of Intelligence operated in the Miami area and the Florida Keys as members of the "Wasp Network", infiltrated Brothers to the Rescue and reported the flight plans.

调查人员称,古巴情报总局特工以“黄蜂网络”成员身份在迈阿密地区和佛罗里达群岛活动,渗透进“救援兄弟会”并报告了飞行计划。

The indictment states that on February 24, 1996, three unarmed Cessna aircraft took off from Opa-locka Airport in Miami-Dade County.

起诉书称,1996年2月24日,三架未配备武器的塞斯纳飞机从迈阿密-戴德县奥帕洛卡机场起飞。

Over waters far from Cuban airspace, Cuban MiG fighter jets shot down two of the civilian aircraft with air-to-air missiles, killing the four people on board.

在远离古巴领空的水域上空,古巴米格战机以空对空导弹击落其中两架民用飞机,致机上四人死亡。

US officials said the two aircraft were flying away from Cuba at the time and, although they had been in contact with Havana air traffic control, received no warning.

美国官员表示,这两架飞机当时正飞离古巴,尽管曾与哈瓦那空中交通管制部门联络,却未收到任何警告。

Earlier this year, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel called the federal indictment a political stunt whose sole purpose was nothing more than "to justify the folly of military aggression against Cuba."

古巴总统米格尔·迪亚斯-卡内尔今年早些时候称联邦起诉是一场政治噱头,唯一目的不过是“为对古巴军事侵略的愚蠢行为辩护”。

He accused the United States of lying about the shootdown and of manipulating the facts.

他指责美国在击落事件上撒谎并操纵事实。

"Our historic federal indictment laid the groundwork, and James and his team have now taken an important step by filing charges under Florida law," said Jason Reding Quiñones, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, at a press conference.

“我们具有历史意义的联邦起诉奠定了基础,詹姆斯及其团队如今迈出了重要一步,依据佛罗里达州法律提出指控,”佛罗里达南区联邦检察官杰森·雷丁·基尼奥内斯在新闻发布会上说。

In 2006, Castro took over the presidency from his ailing brother Fidel Castro, and subsequently handed power over to his trusted and loyal follower Díaz-Canel in 2018.

2006年,卡斯特罗从患病的兄长菲德尔·卡斯特罗手中接任总统一职,随后于2018年将权力移交给其值得信赖的忠诚追随者迪亚斯-卡内尔。

Although he retired from the leadership of the Cuban Communist Party in 2021, it is widely believed that he still wields power behind the scenes, a point underscored by the prominent status of his grandson, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro.

尽管他已于2021年从古巴共产党领导人的职位上退休,但人们普遍认为他仍在幕后掌握权力,其孙子劳尔·吉列尔莫·罗德里格斯·卡斯特罗的显赫地位也凸显了这一点。

Meanwhile, ever since the US military captured Nicolas Maduro, the former Venezuelan president and a longstanding patron of the Cuban government, US President Donald Trump has been threatening to take military action against Cuba.

与此同时,自美军抓获古巴政府的长期靠山、委内瑞拉前总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗以来,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普一直威胁要对古巴采取军事行动。

Earlier this year, after overthrowing the Venezuelan leader, the White House ordered a blockade that cut off fuel shipments to Cuba, causing severe power outages, food shortages and economic collapse across the island.

今年早些时候,白宫在推翻委内瑞拉领导人后下令实施封锁,切断了运往古巴的燃料运输,导致全岛出现严重停电、粮食短缺和经济崩溃。

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