Cuba charges six exiles with terrorism over Florida-registered speedboat attack
Source: Reuters
Cuba charges six exiles with terrorism over Florida-registered speedboat attack
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PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2026, 10:27 PM ET
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Havana (Reuters) — Cuban prosecutors formally charged six people with “crimes of terrorism” and ordered them held in pretrial detention on Tuesday in connection with an incident last week in which Cuban forces killed four Cuban nationals and wounded six others aboard a speedboat that entered Cuban waters.
Cuba’s Interior Ministry announced the gunbattle at sea last Wednesday, accusing the Cuban exiles of opening fire on a border guard vessel, saying they came from the United States with the intent to sow chaos and attack military units on the Communist-ruled island.
Cuban forces returned fire and took the six survivors into custody, Cuba said.
There was no further update as to the condition of the wounded detainees, nor their whereabouts at a time of heightened tensions between the US and Cuba. Washington has effectively halted all oil shipments to the Communist-ruled island while demanding political and economic changes.
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