{"id":68959,"date":"2026-03-06T23:30:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-attorney-in-miami-targeting-cuban-communist-leaders-with-new-initiative-sources-say\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T23:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T23:30:17","slug":"u-s-attorney-in-miami-targeting-cuban-communist-leaders-with-new-initiative-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-attorney-in-miami-targeting-cuban-communist-leaders-with-new-initiative-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. attorney in Miami targeting Cuban Communist leaders with new initiative, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The top federal prosecutor in Miami is spearheading a new initiative targeting Cuban leaders for prosecution, sources familiar with the plan tell CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>Jason Reding Qui\u00f1ones, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, is working with officials from federal and local law enforcement agencies and the Treasury Department&#8217;s Office of Foreign Assets Control, or OFAC, to establish a new Cuban prosecution working group, the sources said. OFAC is the office responsible for imposing sanctions.<\/p>\n<p>The group plans to focus on prosecutions involving economic crimes, drugs, violent crimes and immigration-related violations, with a focus on targeting those in the Communist Party leadership, the sources added.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the U.S. Attorney&#8217;s Office could not be immediately reached for comment. The plans for the new working group were reported earlier by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2026\/03\/06\/trump-cuba-prosecution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has indicated he&#8217;s been eyeing Cuba&#8217;s leaders, after the U.S. ousted <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/u-s-officials-reveal-new-details-on-the-covert-operation-to-capture-maduro\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e0s Maduro<\/a><\/span> and brought him to the United States to face drug charges in January, and recently launched a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/israel-us-attack-iran-trump-says-major-combat-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">joint war with Israel against Iran<\/a><\/span> last week that <span class=\"link\"><a 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and emails associated with the preparation of the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/senate-intel-agrees-with-assessment-that-russia-meddled-to-help-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">intelligence community&#8217;s January 2017 assessment<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, updated subpoenas that expanded the date range for the documents were issued in the matter.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Sara  Cook<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p 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