Justice Department expected to indict former Cuban leader Raul Castro

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 learned that a scheduled press conference in Miami on Wednesday is tied to efforts to indict the former Cuban leader, according to law enforcement sources.

When asked whether Castro would be indicted, DOJ Office of Public Affairs Director Emily Covington told Fox News Digital the department would not comment on rumors.

Castro, 94, is the younger brother of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro. He served as Cuba’s president from 2008 to 2018.

Any indictment would require approval from a federal grand jury.

The White House referred Fox News Digital to the DOJ for comment.

Sources pointed to a Department of Justice advisory Tuesday that announced a Miami press conference in conjunction with a ceremony to honor the victims of the Brothers to the Rescue murders of 1996.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, U.S. Attorney Jason Reding Quinones, FBI Deputy Director Christopher Raia, Sen. Ashley Moody, R-Fla., and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier are expected to attend Wednesday’s press conference in Miami.

The potential charges against Castro come after CIA Director John Ratcliffe met last Thursday with counterparts from Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior during a visit to the island.

During the meeting, Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raulito Rodriguez Castro, Interior Minister Lazaro Alvarez Casas and the head of Cuban intelligence services in Havana to deliver President Trump’s message that the United States is prepared to engage on economic and security issues, but only if Cuba makes fundamental changes.

Trump has joked that the U.S. would be taking over Cuba almost immediately. Cuba’s got problems, he said this month. We’ll finish one first. I like to finish a job.