US EditionCuba Says 4 Killed in Speedboat Shooting Were Attempting to 'Infiltrate the Country'
Cuba's government said the Florida-registered boat fired first near Cayo Falcones, killing four and wounding six amid claims of a US-linked armed infiltration.
- On Wednesday, February 25, Cuba's government said a Florida-registered speedboat entered Cuban waters and its passengers opened fire on border officials.
- Cuba's government alleges the 10 passengers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. trying to infiltrate the island, with detainee Duniel Hernández Santos `sent from the United States` who has confessed.
- Cuban authorities said Cuban forces killed four people aboard the boat and wounded six others, including Michel Ortega Casanova among the dead, while one Cuban officer was injured.
- The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida said it would pursue answers 'through every legal and diplomatic channel available,' while Rubio and DHS investigate, Uthmeier ordered prosecution, and the embassy seeks details.
- The episode follows U.S. measures that Cuba says worsened its energy crisis, including a late-January fuel blockade, while President Manuel Díaz-Canel vowed to defend sovereignty amid rising U.S.-Cuba tensions.
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After fatal shots at suspected terrorists in a speedboat, Cuba criticizes the US government. Representatives of both countries want to clarify the incident together.
Cuba says 4 killed in speedboat shooting were were attempting to infiltrate the country
Cuba's government said late Wednesday that the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism.
Cuba says 4 killed in speedboat shooting were attempting to 'infiltrate the country'
Cuba said it thwarted gunmen trying to infiltrate from the United States as its coastguard opened fire Wednesday (February 25) at a Florida-registered speedboat near its shores, killing four people and wounding six. But what do we know so far about them? For more on that topic, FRANCE 24's Haxie Meyers-Belkin is joined by Emily Morris, honorary senior researcher associate at UCL's Institute of the Americas.
Exile Cubans apparently wanted to overthrow the regime in Havana. Four men were killed in a firefight with the Cuban Coast Guard. The incident occurs in the midst of strong tensions between the US and Cuba.
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