The identity of those on board the vessel remains unclear.

Feb. 25, 2026

In statement posted on X via the Cuban Embassy in the US, the Interior Ministry said that the Florida-registered vessel - with the registration number FL7726SH - was detected near Cayo Falcones, in the country’s central Villa Clara province on Wednesday morning.

When a Cuban boat carrying five members of the ministry’s border guard approached the vessel for identification, “the crew of the violating speedboat opened fire” and wounded the Cuban commander, the statement said.

“As a consequence of the confrontation, as of the time of this report, four aggressors on the foreign vessel were killed and six injured,” the statement added.

Those injured were evacuated and given medical assistance.

  • betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    I hope we find out what was going through their heads (before the other stuff that was going through their heads) with this plan. The buffoonery would be funny if it wasn’t so dangerous.