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Florida Adds Charges Against Former Cuban President Raúl Castro

Florida Adds Charges Against Former Cuban President Raúl Castro

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October 19th, 2026

Florida Adds Charges Against Former Cuban President Raúl Castro

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Following the US government's indictment of the former Cuban leader earlier this year, former Cuban President Raúl Castro has been charged with additional counts in Florida in connection with the 1996 downing of a civilian aircraft piloted by Miami-based exiles.

元キューバ大統領ラウル・カストロ氏は、米政府が本年早々に同元指導者を起訴したことを受けて、1996年にマイアミを拠点とする亡命者らが操縦していた民間機が撃墜された事件に関連し、フロリダ州においてさらなる罪状で訴追されている。

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.

フロリダ州司法長官ジェームズ・ウスマイヤー氏は月曜日、95歳のカストロ氏がスパイらに対し、亡命者団体「ブラザーズ・トゥ・ザ・レスキュー」への潜入を指示するとともに、同団体の航空機に対する攻撃を命じたと非難した。

The state's charge of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder rests primarily on a federal indictment unsealed in May that includes counts of murder and destruction of an aircraft.

州による一級殺人共謀の訴因は、殺人罪および航空機破壊罪を含む、5月に発表された連邦起訴に主として依拠している。

Whether Castro will actually appear in a U.S. courtroom remains uncertain.

カストロ氏が現実に米国の法廷に出廷するか否かは依然として不透明である。

Uthmeier stated that the arrest warrant would restrict Castro from leaving the island nation and would bar him from traveling to any territory that has an extradition treaty with the United States.

ウスマイヤー氏は、逮捕状によってカストロ氏は島国からの出国を制限され、米国と犯罪人引渡し条約を締結しているいかなる地域への渡航も妨げられることになると述べた。

"I am aware that Raúl Castro is elderly and that he will in all likelihood not deign to travel to Miami of his own accord," Usmeier said.

「ラウル・カストロ氏が高齢であり、おそらくマイアミに自ら足を運ぼうとはしないであろうことは承知している」とウスマイヤー氏は述べた。

"I suspect someone else will apprehend him before the court even gets moving.

「法廷が動き出すより先に、他の誰かが彼を捕らえるだろうと思う。

Ultimately, however, we stand ready to prosecute this case."

しかし最終的には、我々はこの事件を訴追する用意がある」。

According to the state's complaint, at the time Castro gave final authorization for the downing of the aircraft, he held the posts of Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and First Vice President of Cuba.

州の訴状によれば、カストロ氏は航空機撃墜の最終許可を与えた当時、革命軍大臣兼キューバ第一副大統領の職にあった。

According to investigators, intelligence officers from Cuba's Directorate of Intelligence operated as members of the "Wasp Network" in the Miami area and the Florida Keys while infiltrating Brothers to the Rescue and reporting on flight plans.

捜査当局によると、キューバ情報総局の諜報員らはマイアミ地域とフロリダキーズにおいて「ワスプ・ネットワーク」の一員として活動しつつ、ブラザーズ・トゥ・ザ・レスキューに潜入し、飛行計画を報告していた。

On February 24, 1996, three unarmed Cessna aircraft took off from Opa-locka Airport in Miami-Dade County.

1996年2月24日、3機の非武装のセスナ機がマイアミ・デイド郡のオパロッカ空港を離陸した。

The complaint states that, well outside Cuban territorial waters, Cuban MiG fighter jets destroyed two civilian aircraft with air-to-air missiles, killing the four people on board.

キューバの領海のはるか外側において、キューバのMiG戦闘機が空対空ミサイルをもって民間機2機を破壊し、搭乗者4人を殺害したと訴状は述べている。

According to U.S. officials, both aircraft were flying away from Cuba and, despite being in contact with Havana air traffic control, received no warning whatsoever.

米当局者によれば、両機はキューバから離れる方向に飛行しており、ハバナの航空管制と交信していたにもかかわらず、警告は一切受けなかったという。

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel dismissed the federal indictment filed earlier this year as nothing more than a political stunt "aimed at justifying the folly of military aggression against Cuba."

キューバのミゲル・ディアス=カネル大統領は、今年初めに提起された連邦起訴を、単に「キューバに対する軍事侵略の愚行を正当化せんとする」政治的パフォーマンスであると断じた。

The president accused the United States of trafficking in falsehoods and manipulating the circumstances surrounding the shootdown.

同大統領は、米国が虚偽を弄し、撃墜事件を巡る経緯を操作していると非難した。

“With our historic federal indictment having laid the groundwork, James and his team have now taken the crucial step of pursuing charges under Florida state law,” Jason Reding Quiñones, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, said at a press conference.

「我々の歴史的な連邦起訴が礎を築いたことにより、ジェームズと彼のチームは今や、フロリダ州法に基づく訴追という極めて重要な一歩を踏み出した」と、フロリダ南部地区連邦検事のジェイソン・レディング・キニョネス氏は記者会見の席上で語った。

In 2006, Mr. Castro came to succeed his elder brother Fidel Castro, who had fallen ill, in the presidency, and in 2018 he transferred his power to Mr. Díaz-Canel, a loyal and utterly devoted aide in whom he placed his trust.

カストロ氏は2006年、病に倒れた実兄フィデル・カストロ氏より大統領職を承継するに至り、2018年には自らが信頼を寄せる忠実無二の側近であるディアス=カネル氏に対し、その権力を委譲したのである。

Although he stepped down from his position as leader of the Cuban Communist Party in 2021, it is widely believed that he still holds power behind the scenes, and the prominence of his grandson, Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, stands as evidence of this.

2021年にキューバ共産党の指導者の座を退いたものの、同氏は依然として舞台裏で権力を掌握していると広く信じられており、孫のラウル・ギジェルモ・ロドリゲス・カストロ氏の重要性がその証左となっている。

Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has been issuing threats hinting at military action against Cuba ever since US forces detained former Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, a longstanding supporter of the Cuban government.

一方、米国のドナルド・トランプ大統領は、米軍がキューバ政府の長年の支援者であったベネズエラのニコラス・マドゥロ前大統領を拘束して以来、キューバに対する軍事行動を示唆する威嚇を発している。

After ousting Venezuela's leader earlier this year, the White House ordered a blockade to halt fuel shipments to Cuba, which in turn brought about severe blackouts, food shortages, and economic collapse across the island.

今年初頭にベネズエラの指導者を追放した後、ホワイトハウスはキューバへの燃料輸送を阻止すべく封鎖を命じ、その結果、島全体に深刻な停電、食料不足、そして経済崩壊が引き起こされた。

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