US EditionTwo people in Cuba coast guard shootout identified as US citizens on stolen speedboat: Report
Four killed and six wounded or detained after a stolen speedboat from Florida engaged Cuban Border Guard Troops in armed confrontation, Cuban Interior Ministry 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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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…
“Armed Infiltration for Terrorist Purposes”: Cuba Gives Info on Deadly Shootout Involving U.S.-Linked Boat Off Its Coast
(ZeroHedge)—The Cuban Embassy’s official X account says a Florida-registered speedboat carrying 10 Cuban nationals residing in the U.S. entered Cuban territorial waters armed with assault rifles, body armor, improvised explosive devices, camouflage uniforms, and telescopic sights, in what the government says was a “foiled armed infiltration” into the Caribbean island nation. Late Wednesday afternoon, the embassy’s account reported that Cuban bor…
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A stolen boat, a deadly gunfight and a supposed plot against Cuba
Havana’s account of a supposed armed raid into its territory has been called into question after one of the men identified as being on the vessel turned up in Miami.
Miami, U.S.A., 26 Feb (EFE).- Friends and friends of the ten boat crew intercepted in Cuban waters by forces of the Government of Havana—four of whom died—remembered them this Thursday during a vigil in front of the emblematic Café Versailles, considered bastion of Cuban exile in Miami, where they paid tribute to “the struggle for freedom in Cuba.” The rally brought together activists, family members and prominent exile leaders in the midst of a…
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