US EditionFBI visits Cuba to probe Florida speedboat attack as survivors face terrorism charges
The agents will independently verify Cuba’s account of the February shootout as five survivors face terrorism charges.
- An FBI technical team is in Cuba investigating a February shootout between soldiers and a boat crew from Florida, CNN learned. The investigators aim to independently verify what happened during the incident involving United States citizens.
- According to Cuban officials, a boat with 10 people sailed from Florida in late February to carry out an attempt to overthrow the government. The vessel allegedly carried assault rifles, ammunition, bulletproof vests, and Molotov cocktails.
- Upon arrival, the boaters engaged in a shootout with Cuban border guards that left four dead and one Cuban soldier wounded. A fifth boater later died of injuries, with the five survivors now facing terrorism charges.
- American officials confirmed that at least one person who died and one survivor were United States citizens. Though Cuban officials identified all men as Cuban, the government treats anyone born there as a citizen.
- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel allowed the FBI investigation in March amid some of the highest tensions in years between the United States and Cuba. The Trump administration has stated that Cuban officials need to radically alter their system of government.
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FBI arrives in Cuba to investigate fatal shooting of U.S.-flagged speedboat
FBI agents have arrived in Cuba to investigate the fatal shooting of five men aboard a U.S.-flagged speedboat in February that the Cuban government said was carrying suspects who were trying to infiltrate the island.
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FBI team arrives in Cuba to investigate fatal shooting of US-flagged speedboat
FBI agents have arrived in Cuba to investigate the fatal shooting of five men aboard a U.S.-flagged speedboat in February that the Cuban government said was trying to infiltrate the island.
An exchange of shots after interfering with a launch from Florida with alleged "terrorist intentions" caused five deaths and six injuries on the Cuban coast. The FBI in the country is doing independent research.
A technical team from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrived in Cuba, as Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel announced on March 13, to investigate a shooting that took place last February between the armed crew of a vessel from Florida and Cuban soldiers, which left five dead and six wounded.
A technical team from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrived in Cuba this week to launch an “independent investigation,” the U.S. Embassy in Havana said Wednesday after 10 Cuban exiles entered the country and are accused of provoking a deadly gunfight with the island’s border guards at sea. Havana said 10 Cuban nationals tried to enter Cuba by speedboat on the night of Feb. 25, armed with nearly 13,000 rounds of ammunition, 13 ri…
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