Miami Prosecutor Targets Cuba Officials

0:00From the Daily News Now Network, this is Global News Today. The top federal prosecutor in Miami is weighing criminal probes into Cuban government officials. Jason Redding-Quin-Yones, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, formed a working group with prosecutors and drug enforcement, administration agents to target people tied to Cuba's Communist Party. This move aligns with President Donald Trump's tougher stance on the island. Trump recently floated the idea of a friendly takeover of Cuba and said his team is in talks with Havana leaders. Miami's large Cuban-American community has long pushed back against the regime. Local lawmakers, including Senator Rick Scott, urged reopening the investigation into the 1996 shootdown of four exile planes, pointing to Raoul Castro's role as military head at the time. The FBI's Miami office runs a dedicated Cuba unit, and last year arrested a former U.S. ambassador for decades of spying for Havana. Cuba also faces U.S. terrorism-sponsor status for sheltering fugitives and blocking

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