{"id":2606067,"date":"2026-05-22T18:47:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/claudia-sheinbaum-protests-raul-castro-indictment-for-plane-shootdown\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T18:48:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T22:48:02","slug":"claudia-sheinbaum-protests-raul-castro-indictment-for-plane-shootdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/claudia-sheinbaum-protests-raul-castro-indictment-for-plane-shootdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Claudia Sheinbaum protests Raul Castro indictment for plane shootdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclaudia-sheinbaum-protests-raul-castro-indictment-for-plane-shootdown%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2606067&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized the United States\u2019 indictment of former Cuban President Ra\u00fal castro over the 1996 shootdown of an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >unarmed civilian aircraft<\/a>,arguing that indicting someone for an incident from about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">30 years ago<\/a> is inappropriate. She suggested the move fits a broader, historically recurring U.S. pattern of intervention in the region and said it reflects an agenda she rejects,emphasizing peoples\u2019 self-determination. She noted such public pushback has been rare in Latin America, wiht her being among the few outside Cuba to challenge the indictment-after which Cuban President miguel D\u00edaz-Canel publicly denounced it as a political maneuver. Sheinbaum also indicated she is maintaining a delicate balance with President Donald Trump, offering symbolic critiques while continuing cooperation on major issues like border security and drug trafficking.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mexico\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"322\">Mexican<\/a> President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/claudia-sheinbaum\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11591\">Claudia Sheinbaum<\/a> protested the U.S. indictment of former <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cuba\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"212\">Cuban<\/a> President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/raul-castro\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3521\">Raul Castro<\/a> over the shootdown of an unarmed civilian aircraft, saying it happened too long ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking at a press conference on Friday, Sheinbaum expressed her displeasure with the Wednesday indictment. Her main gripe appeared to be the timing of the indictment.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4580114\/israel-national-arrest-cyprus-airport-human-embryos-mexico\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Israeli national arrested at Cyprus airport for trying to smuggle four human embryos to Mexico<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4579122\/alberta-premier-referendum-province-separate-canada\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Alberta premier sets date for referendum for province to separate from Canada<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4578093\/russia-active-support-cuba-us-castro-regime\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Russia promises \u2018active support\u2019 for Cuba as US presses Castro regime<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat sense does it make that at this moment they accuse a person for something that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/soros-backed-da-gascon-tries-to-vacate-death-sentences-of-several-violent-criminals\/\" title=\"Soros-Backed DA Gascon Tries to Vacate Death Sentences of Several Violent Criminals\">happened 30 years ago<\/a>?\u201d she said. \u201cThis happened 30 years ago, imagine that.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheinbaum argued the indictment was a part of a pattern of revived U.S. interference in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere has historically been\u00a0an interventionist vision from the United States; it is not from now,\u201d she said. \u201cIt is a vision that they can influence other countries. We don\u2019t agree with that vision in the case of Cuba.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheinbaum suggested the United States had ulterior motivations in its Castro indictment, and said she was for the \u201cself-determination\u201d of peoples.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Few leaders in Latin America have dared publicly push back against the Castro indictment, with Sheinbaum being the only one outside of Cuba so far. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel gave a lengthy denunciation of the indictment soon after it was announced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4576880\/capturing-raul-castro-more-difficult-than-nicolas-maduro\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4576880\">CAPTURING RAUL CASTRO WOULD BE MORE DIFFICULT THAN CAPTURING NICOLAS MADURO<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a political maneuver, devoid of any legal foundation, aimed solely at padding the fabricated dossier they use to justify the folly of a military aggression against #Cuba,\u201d he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DiazCanelB\/status\/2057157886208606381?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DiazCanelB\/status\/2057157886208606381?s=20\">said<\/a>, defending the shootdown of the Brothers to the Rescue planes in 1996, which he labeled a \u201cnarco-terrorist organization.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sheinbaum has walked a thin line with President Donald Trump, balancing public and symbolic criticisms while cooperating on central issues such as border security and drug trafficking. She met with Homeland Security Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/markwayne-mullin\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"21441\">Markwayne Mullin<\/a> on Thursday to discuss bilateral cooperation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheinbaum protests U.S. Raul Castro indictment, saying it\u2019s too old<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2606068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2263150213.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32819,15074,80160,4542,80017],"class_list":["post-2606067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-claudia-sheinbaum","tag-indictment","tag-plane-shootdown","tag-protest","tag-raul-castro"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GettyImages-2263150213.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2606067"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2606071,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2606067\/revisions\/2606071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2606068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2606067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2606067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2606067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}