The US Justice Department is working to secure criminal charges against former Cuban president Raul Castro, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The scope of the investigation is unclear. But federal prosecutors have examined a number of possible charges including some related to the Cuban military’s 1996 downing of two planes belonging to the Cuban-American exile organization Brothers to the Rescue.
Four men — three of them American citizens — were killed in the attack.
If approved by a grand jury, an indictment could be announced as soon as next week.
In recent months, prosecutors in the US Attorney’s Office for Florida’s southern district, have worked on building a criminal case against Cuban leaders, according to a person briefed not the discussions. US Attorney Jason Reding Quiñones initiated the push, though some career prosecutors in the Miami office raised concerns about whether there was sufficient evidence to bring a case, the person said.
