The communist country’s interior minister says that the boat entered Cuban waters from Florida and opened fire at a border guard.
A vintage car passes by the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on June 15, 2022. Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters
2/25/2026|Updated: 2/25/2026
Cuban officials said Wednesday that the country’s coast guard killed four people in an exchange of gunfire with a U.S.-registered boat that entered its waters from Florida.
A statement from the communist country’s Ministry of the Interior said that people on board a speedboat entered Cuban waters and opened fire at border patrol troops on Wednesday morning around one nautical mile to the northeast of El Pino canal in Cayo Falcones.
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