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Four people riding in a speedboat registered in the U.S. were killed Feb. 25 in a gunfight with Cuban government forces after entering the country’s waters, according to the Cuban Embassy in the U.S.

Crewmembers aboard a speedboat registered in Florida entered Cuban waters and opened fire on Cuban Ministry of the Interior forces when they approached the American vessel, the Cuban Embassy said in a statement. Aboard the Florida-registered vessel, four were killed and six were injured in the gunfight; the commander of the Ministry of the Interior vessel was wounded in the gunfight, Cuba said.

"In the face of current challenges, Cuba reaffirms its determination to protect its territorial waters, based on the principle that national defense is a fundamental pillar of the Cuban State in safeguarding its sovereignty and ensuring stability in the region," Cuban authorities said. "Investigations by the competent authorities continue in order to fully clarify the events."

According to Cuban officials, the wounded crewmembers of the Florida-registered boat were evacuated for medical assistance.

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[–] PowerCrazy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

There is A LOT context missing here. The "speedboat" apparently had at least 10 people in it (4 killed 6 wounded, possibly some unwounded?) The people in the speedboat apparently had some fairly serious armaments. I doubt it was just some pistols as those aren't very effective at the ranges that boats are engaging on the open water. Additionally there do exist rich Americans that will make trips to Cuba by boat and they are normally allowed even if they are intercepted by Cuban inter-coastal forces. So the fact that this time they fired at the Cuban forces, tells me there was certainly something else happening.

I fully believe that a bunch of dumbass Floridian boaters would just pop off and fire on another boat after crossing territorial boundaries, 100%.

These dumb bastards are lucky that other countries aren’t going full Hegseth.

This kind of take is brain dead though.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 23 hours ago

10 guys decide to invade a country. They obviously had no clue about Cuba and expected a few women in grass skirts.