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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/43578877
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.
I’m gonna go idle my car for an hour just to help Miami sink a little faster
I’d say it’s most likely some form of smuggling that got caught up in the increased tension.
Definitely a more plausible explanation than an attempted regime change by half a dozen people in a speedboat, which some people here seem to think is the case. 😂
But they were from Florida…
That does change things a bit.
Trump speed running repeat of 200 years of American imperial history in 8 weeks.
Banana wars, tick
Silver shirts, tick
Regime change, tick
Middle east shit, tick
Bay of pigs, tick
Stupid fucking war no one wanted, Monday or Tuesday maybe
The crew consisted of Cuban nationals residing in the U.S., Cuban authorities said in a late update Wednesday evening. The crew was armed with assault rifles, handguns and Molotov cocktails, Cuba said.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said U.S. government personnel were not involved and called for an investigation into the incident.
What makes you think the US government is responsible for this?
I don’t think it needed the active support of the government to motivate a bunch of exile Cubans, but Trumps new aggression against Cuba certainly helped. It hardly is just coincidence that it happemed right now.
Motivated to do what? What exactly do you think a single boat was planning on doing?
why do you think they were armed? and opened fired on Cuban ships
No, you go first. By all means, tell us what this one boat was planning on doing.
Firing on Cuban ships, did you not read what happened?
To what end?
You lot seem to think this was some type of coup attempt, rather than some smugglers that got busted and tried to run.
Which I find very entertaining.





