Raia Speaks at Freedom Tower Ahead of the Castro Indictment Announcement
May 20, 2026 · WPLG Local 10 · 0:04:21
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What happened
FBI Deputy Director Christopher Raia spoke at the Freedom Tower in Miami on Wednesday, May 20, 2026, before the announcement of Raul Castro’s indictment for the 1996 shootdown of two Brothers to the Rescue planes that killed four volunteers at sea, according to WPLG Local 10, whose carry of his remarks is embedded above. The FBI’s own account of the same May 20 press conference states that the charges were unsealed against Raul Castro and five Castro regime defendants, and quotes Raia: “We will come after you and we will find you.”
Why it matters
The Castro case is a three-decade-old file the Bureau chose to move on in 2026, and the deputy’s presence at the Freedom Tower — the symbolic home of Miami’s Cuban exile community — made Raia the Bureau’s public face for the announcement alongside the prosecution team.
Scoreboard watch
This is a candidate item for the weekly scoreboard: the superseding indictment charging Raul Castro and five regime defendants, unsealed May 20, 2026, as stated by the FBI and the Justice Department, to be checked against the court record.
Sources: WPLG Local 10, “FBI Deputy Director Christopher Raia speaks at Freedom Tower” (published May 20, 2026, embedded above); FBI, “Co-Deputy Director Raia Describes FBI Resolve in Case Against Cuban Regime” (May 27, 2026), for the charge description and the quoted line.
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