The United States has indicted Raul Castro for his role in shooting down planes flown by emigres in 1996. The decision to indict the aging Cuban dictator is morally right and strategically sound. It is another welcome move in the Trump administration’s campaign to reassert American power, especially in the Western Hemisphere.

The Department of Justice announced criminal charges against the 94-year-old Castro on May 20 for his role as Cuba’s defense minister in overseeing the decision of his dictator brother, Fidel, to shoot down planes flown by Brothers to the Rescue, a humanitarian organization that aided refugees fleeing the Cuban dictatorship.