Raúl Rodríguez Castro, known as "El Cangrejo" and a key figure in Cuba-U.S. negotiations, has been accused of supporting a human trafficking network linked to Cuban organized crime in Quintana Roo, Mexico, according to testimony from a detained gang member reported by The New York Times.
Cuban lawmakers unanimously approved unprecedented economic reforms backed by the Communist Party and former leader Raúl Castro that would privatize vast sections of the country's socialist economy. The emergency measures come as Cuba faces punishing U.S. sanctions and mounting economic pressure.
Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, the influential grandson of former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, has become a central figure in ongoing diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Cuba, even as his grandfather faces a murder indictment in Miami related to a 1996 incident.
