Trump’s Justice Department is expected to indict former Cuban leader Raul Castro
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President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is expected to indict former Cuban President Raul Castro on Wednesday, a source familiar with the matter told Fox News Digital.
Fox News has also learned that a press conference scheduled for Wednesday in Miami is about efforts to impeach former Communist leader Raul Castro, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the situation.
When asked if Castro would face charges, DOJ Office of Public Affairs Director Emily Covington told Fox News Digital that the department would not “comment on rumors.”
Castro, 94, is the younger brother of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Raul Castro served as president of Cuba from 2008 to 2018.
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Fidel Castro and his brother Raul Castro attend a parade in Havana, Cuba, on Dec. 2. 1996. (Sven Creutzmann/Mambo Photography/Getty Images)
Any indictment may require the approval of a federal grand jury.
The White House referred Fox News Digital to the DOJ for comment on the matter.
Sources point Fox News Digital to a Justice Department adviser on Tuesday who announced the Miami press conference “in conjunction with an event honoring the victims of the Brothers to the Rescue Murders of 1996.”
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Fidel Castro watches the May Day parade in Revolution Square in Havana, Cuba, on May 1, 1998. (Sven Creutzmann/Mambo Photography/Getty Images)
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, US Attorney Jason Reding Quinones, Deputy FBI Director Christopher Raia, Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier are expected to attend a press conference Wednesday in Miami.
The charges that may be brought against Castro come after CIA Director John Ratcliffe met last Thursday with his colleagues from the Cuban Interior Ministry during a visit to the island.
During his meeting on Thursday, Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raulito Rodriguez Castro, Interior Minister Lazaro Alvarez Casas and the head of Cuban intelligence in Havana to “personally present President Trump’s message that the United States is willing to be deeply involved in economic and security issues, but only if Cuba makes significant changes.”
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with his Cuban Interior Ministry counterparts in Havana, Cuba, on May 14, 2026, to discuss the complex relationship between the two countries. (CIA)
Trump joked that the US would be “taking over” Cuba “almost immediately.” “Cuba has problems. We will finish one first. I like to finish the job,” he added this month.
Fox News Digital’s Michael Sinkewicz and Fox New’s Jake Gibson contributed to this report.
