US warships head to Cuba after 'fabricated' murder charge against Raúl Castro
The United States has deployed warships to the Caribbean Sea following a US "fabricated" murder indictment against Cuba's former leader Raúl Castro.
Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel dismissed the indictment of the nonagenarian former leader as a distortion of facts.
"The US lies and distorts the events surrounding the downing of the planes belonging to the narco-terrorist organisation Brothers to the Rescue in 1996," Diaz-Canel said on Wednesday.
"This is a political manoeuvre, devoid of any legal foundation, aimed solely at padding the fabricated dossier they use to justify the folly of a military aggression against Cuba."
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez warned days ago that the US is spinning a "fraudulent case" as a pretext for invasion of the socialist island-state.
Raúl Castro, Fidel Castro's younger brother, is accused by the US of participating in the 1996 aircraft attack that killed four people.
On Wednesday, the US aircraft carrier Nimitz and its escort warships took position in the southern Caribbean Sea, placing the US military against Cuba.
"Welcome to the Caribbean, Nimitz Carrier Strike Group!" US Southern Command posted on X.
US plans to keep the carrier strike group in the region for at least a few days as "a show of force," a US official told the New York Times.
Havana highlighted the US government's hypocrisy, citing Washington's own "extrajudicial executions" and "murders" of dozens of alleged drug boat traffickers.
The Cuban government noted that the fake case against Castro was part of a broader effort to justify the "collective and ruthless punishment" of the Cuban population through unlawful sanctions, a "genocidal energy blockade," and threats of military aggression.
The Cuban president noted that the US executive order penalising any country that supplies Cuba with fuel remains in effect.
"Only the most twisted minds could deny before the world this collective punishment being inflicted upon an entire people, which is already becoming an act of genocide," Díaz-Canel wrote.
US President Donald Trump, who aims to topple Cuba's socialist government, told reporters on Wednesday that he has Cuba on his "mind."
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