Two people in Cuba coast guard shootout identified as US citizens on stolen speedboat: Report
The Florida-registered speedboat, reported stolen, carried 10 armed individuals including U.S. citizens; four were killed and six detained in a Cuban waters shootout, officials said.
- A US speedboat was fired upon by Cuban coast guards near Cuba's north shore, with assault rifles and other weapons found onboard.
- Some of the people on the speedboat were identified as US citizens living in Florida who wanted to overthrow the Cuban government.
- The US government denied any involvement in the confrontation and said it was conducting its own investigation.
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Yahoos Try to Invade Cuba
It’s far from the first time crazy Cuban exiles have united with crazy Americans and tried to invade Cuba, but we should probably talk about the newest time since you never know when Donald the Dove will use it as an excuse to take the island over. The brother of one of the men who was killed after taking a U.S.-registered speedboat into Cuban waters and allegedly opening fire on the country’s border patrol said his sibling was fixated on overt…
The Cuban government said this Thursday that it has asked the US to contribute to the clarification of the incident in its territorial waters that resulted in four deaths and said that the US authorities “have shown willingness to cooperate.” The illegal incursion of a speedboat this Wednesday with ten armed people on board, which Havana describes as “an attempt to infiltrate for terrorist purposes”, occurs at a particularly sensitive time betwe…
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