US EditionCuba says 4 killed on US-registered speedboat were 'Cuban residents of the U.S.' attempting 'armed infiltration'
Cuba says 10 armed passengers on a Florida-registered boat fired first on soldiers before four were killed and six wounded during an attempted infiltration, Cuban authorities said.
- On Wednesday, the Cuban Ministry of the Interior said a Florida-registered speed boat entered Cuban waters about one mile off Cuba's north coast and opened fire, killing four and detaining six.
- Cuba's government said the 10 passengers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who tried to infiltrate the island to `unleash terrorism`, and the ministry said detainees confessed to roles, with most having violent histories.
- The government named seven passengers, including Conrado Galindo Sariol, Amijail Sánchez González, and Leordan Enrique Cruz Gómez, and identified Michel Ortega Casanova among the dead; the Associated Press could not independently verify these details and three remain unidentified.
- The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida said it will pursue answers through legal and diplomatic channels, while the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Coast Guard investigate and Secretary of State Marco Rubio seeks to verify facts.
- Amid rising tensions, the shooting threatens to worsen U.S.-Cuba relations as Cuba's energy crisis deepened last month after a U.S. executive order pressured Mexico over oil sales.
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Havana points out that the ten crew members are Cubans living in the United States and with a...
The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, stressed this Thursday, in relation to the incident in territorial waters that left four dead, that his country “does not attack or threaten” but that it does defend itself against the aggressions.
Man killed on speedboat off Cuba lived in U.S. for 20 years and had "obsessive" quest for Cuba's freedom, brother says
Michael Ortega Casanova is one of four people who were killed after people aboard a U.S.-registered speedboat allegedly opened fire on Cuba's border patrol.
Cuba Stands Firm Against External Threats
Cuba Stands Firm Against External Threats Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has declared the nation's unwavering resolve to protect itself from any 'terrorist and mercenary aggression' aimed at undermining its sovereignty.The statement followed an incident in which Havana reported the deaths of four exiles and the wounding of six others aboard a Florida-registered speedboat.This group allegedly opened fire on a Cuban patrol within Cuban waters. …
Cuba said its military killed four Cuban US citizens who were on a speedboat that entered its territorial waters on Wednesday, in what the country's Interior Ministry called a "prevented armed infiltration."
HAVANA—The Cuban government reported Wednesday that the armed men who fired from a speedboat at an island coast guard unit were part of a terrorist infiltration commando. Four of the attackers were killed in the confrontation. The group was composed of 10 people, a statement from the Ministry of the Interior said in the evening. The official report with the details came a few hours after another previous note from the Ministry of the Interior it…
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