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Florida Files Further Charges Against Former Cuban President Raúl Castro

Florida Files Further Charges Against Former Cuban President Raúl Castro

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October 19th, 2026

Florida Files Further Charges Against Former Cuban President Raúl Castro

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Earlier this year, the US government had already brought legal proceedings against former Cuban leader Raúl Castro; now he faces further charges in Florida over the 1996 downing of a civilian aircraft piloted by Miami exiles.

今年早些时候,美国政府已对古巴前领导人劳尔·卡斯特罗提起诉讼;如今,他又因1996年迈阿密流亡者所驾驶民用飞机遭击落一事,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 of 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 rests largely on a federal indictment unsealed in May, which sets out related charges of murder and destruction of an aircraft.

这项州级共谋一级谋杀指控,主要依据5月公布的联邦起诉书,其中载有谋杀及破坏飞机的相关指控。

Whether Castro will ever set foot in an American courtroom remains, to date, an open question.

卡斯特罗究竟会否踏入美国法庭,迄今尚无定论。

Uthmeier noted that the arrest warrant would inevitably make it difficult for Castro to leave the island nation and would prevent him from traveling to any country that has an extradition treaty with the United States.

乌斯迈尔指出,该逮捕令势将令卡斯特罗难以离境这座岛国,并使其无法前往任何与美国订有引渡协议之地。

“I am not unaware that Raúl Castro is advanced in years, and that he most likely will not set foot in Miami of his own accord,” Usmail stated. “In my view, before legal proceedings are initiated, others may well approach him first, but ultimately, we stand ready to file suit in this case.”

“我并非未意识到劳尔·卡斯特罗已届高龄,他多半不会主动踏足迈阿密,”乌斯迈尔表示,“依我之见,在法律程序启动之前,旁人恐会先行接触他,但归根结底,我们随时准备就此案提起诉讼。”

According to the state-level indictment, Castro, who was then Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and First Vice President of Cuba, gave the final authorization to shoot down the aircraft.

据州级起诉书所述,时任革命武装力量部长兼古巴第一副总统的卡斯特罗下达了击落飞机的最终授权。

Investigators allege that agents of Cuba's Directorate of Intelligence operated in the Miami area and around the Florida Keys as members of the "Wasp Network," infiltrating Brothers to the Rescue and passing on 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及佛罗里达群岛一带活动,渗透进“救援兄弟会”并通报了飞行计划。

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,三架无武装的塞斯纳飞机自迈阿密-戴德县奥帕洛卡机场起飞。

Over waters far from Cuban airspace, Cuban MiG fighter jets destroyed two of the civilian aircraft with air-to-air missiles, killing all 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毁了其中两架民用飞机,致使机上四人罹难。

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 whatsoever.

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取得联系,却未获任何警告。

Earlier this year, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel dismissed the federal indictment as 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-卡内尔于今年早些时候将联邦起诉斥为一场政治噱头,其唯一目的不过是“为对古巴军事侵略的愚蠢行为辩护”。

He accused the United States of spreading lies and manipulating the facts regarding the shootdown.

他指控美国在击落事件上撒下谎言并操纵事实。

“Our historic federal indictment laid the groundwork, and James and his team have now taken a significant step by filing charges under Florida law,” Jason Reding Quiñones, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, said at a news 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表示。

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

2006年,卡斯特罗从其患病兄长菲德尔·卡斯特罗手中接掌总统之位,嗣后于2018年将权柄移交予其深为信赖的忠诚追随者迪亚斯-卡内尔。

Although he stepped down from the leadership of the Communist Party of Cuba in 2021, it is widely believed that he still wields power behind the scenes, a point underscored by the prominent standing 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下来,但普遍认为他仍在幕后执掌权柄,其孙劳尔·吉列尔莫·罗德里格斯·卡斯特罗的显赫地位亦凸显了这一点。

Meanwhile, ever since the US military seized Nicolás Maduro, the former Venezuelan president who had long been the prop on which the Cuban government relied, US President Donald Trump has consistently threatened to resort to military action against Cuba.

与此同时,自美军擒获古巴政府长期倚仗的靠山——委内瑞拉前总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗以来,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普便始终扬言要对古巴诉诸军事行动。

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

今年早些时候,在推翻委内瑞拉领导人之后,白宫下令实施封锁,切断了通往古巴的燃料运输,致使全岛陷入严重停电、粮食短缺与经济崩溃的困境。

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