### [2026-10-19](/feed/2026/10/19/index.md)

##### Cuba–United States relations
# A judge in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, issues a no-bail bond arrest warrant for former Cuban president Raúl Castro after Florida attorney general James Uthmeier charged Castro with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder by directing spies to infiltrate Brothers to the Rescue and ordering the attack on their planes in 1996. 




### Sources:

1. [Al Jazeera](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/19/florida-issues-arrest-warrant-for-cuban-leader-raul-castro)

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