US EditionCuba Charges 6 Suspects with Terrorism over Fatal Shooting Involving U.S.-Flagged Speedboat
- On March 3, Cuban prosecutors charged six crew members of a Florida-registered, US-flagged speedboat with 'crimes of terrorism' after a February 25 shootout near Cayo Falcones, Villa Clara province, where Cuban coast guard forces killed four and detained six survivors.
- Against a backdrop of US–Cuba tensions, Cuba's Interior Ministry says the occupants came from the United States and intended to 'sow chaos' and attack military units, while Havana said Washington was willing to cooperate in the investigation.
- Cuban officials showed a seized weapons cache of 13 rifles, 11 pistols, nearly 13,000 rounds and 134 magazines, state television broadcast bullet-riddled vessels at 20 meters, and noted a ten-person capacity speedboat was full.
- Prosecutors ordered the six defendants remanded into provisional detention facing terrorism-related charges with possible sentences of 20 to 30 years or death, while Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier opened an investigation as US politicians expressed scepticism and official denials of US government involvement emerged.
- Cuba warns the US oil blockade limits electricity generation for basic services, while the Sea Horse tanker carrying 200,000 barrels of Russian fuel stalled mid-Atlantic and Canada, Mexico, and Spain send aid.
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The 10 Cubans who went out on a boat from Florida to the island and were intercepted in a fatal confrontation with the coast guard last week belonged to a little-known organization. The group, called Self-Defense of the People (ADP), promotes clandestine armed action against the Havana regime, and those on the boat sought to meet with other members within Cuba, according to their leaders. While the Cuban authorities refer to the event as a “terr…
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