Cuban Government Says 4 Are Killed in Gunfire Exchange With Florida Speedboat [View all]

Source: NY Times

The Cuban government said it exchanged gunfire with a Florida-based speedboat that had entered its territorial waters Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding six others.

The vessel approached within one nautical mile northeast of the El Pino channel north of Corralillo, a town in the central Cuban province of Villa Clara, according to a statement on the Facebook page of Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior.

Cuban border-guard troops on a government boat approached the speedboat seeking identification when the people aboard the boat opened fire on the Cuban personnel, wounding the Cuban vessel’s commander, the statement said.

“As a result of the confrontation, at the time of this report, four foreign attackers were killed and six were wounded,” the government said.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/world/americas/cuba-gunfire-speedboat-florida.html