Two Cubans charged with illegal voting in Florida

Federal authorities in Florida charged two Cubans with voting illegally during federal elections held in 2022 and 2024. The Justice Department action presents the case as alleged election misconduct in two different years. The available information does not connect each alleged vote to a particular election or establish whether both people participated in both cycles. That distinction prevents a joint accusation from being turned into unsupported individual details.

The cited period covers the 2022 and 2024 federal elections. The report connects alleged illegal voting to two election cycles separated by two years, but provides no exact voting dates, polling locations or number of disputed ballots. It also does not permit separate attribution of specific conduct or charges to each defendant. What can safely be stated is that two people were charged over allegedly illegal electoral conduct in Florida connected to those elections.

For context, another Justice Department action was announced October 5. In that matter, the agency charged 16 foreign nationals with election offenses across four federal districts, including another Cuban, 68-year-old Pedro Pablo Ruiz. That broader group is a separate reference; the information does not say those 16 people are part of the Florida case involving the two Cubans.

The report about the two Cubans was published October 23, 2026, while the reference to the 16 foreign nationals places their charges on October 5. Both passages concern accusations, not final judicial rulings. The allegations must therefore be read as claims: the available information does not establish as proven that the two Cubans committed the offenses attributed to them.