US EditionCuba says 4 killed on US-registered speedboat were 'Cuban residents of the U.S.' attempting 'armed infiltration'
Cuban authorities said four of 10 armed passengers, mostly with violent histories, were killed during an attempted armed infiltration from a Florida-registered boat.
- 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...
By Gonzalo Zegarra, CNN en Español. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez stated this Thursday that the government is conducting “a rigorous investigation to clarify the facts” following the operation that left at least four dead and seven wounded in a confrontation with an “offending vessel” from Florida that, according to Cuban authorities, was attempting to infiltrate the island “for terrorist purposes.” The government of President Miguel Dí…
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.
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