A delegation of FBI is in Cuba to participate in the investigation into the incident between a speedboat armada coming from Florida.
The incident left 5 muertos y 6 injuredamong them a cuban officer, reported a source from the embassy of USA in Havana.
“A technical team from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) traveled to Cuba as part of its exhaustive and independent investigation into the maritime incident of February 25, 2026,” a US embassy official confirmed this Wednesday to AFP under anonymity.
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FBI traveled to Cuba on Tuesday
According to the Cuban version of events, the incident occurred at the end of Februarywhen a frigate coastguard He approached the boat with American registration to request identification, but its occupants responded opening fire.
He Ministry of the Interior (Minint) then reported that in the confrontation four passengers of the bus were killed instantly. speedboat intercepted and six others were injured. Of these, one later died in a hospital of the island.
A member of the border guard.
Of the 10 passengers of the boat with license plate Floridatwo had American citizenship.
Citing the Secretary of State United StatesMarco Rubio, the source of the embassy He stressed that “most of the facts that are being reported publicly” about the incident “come from information provided by the Cubans“.
“We will verify that independently” and “we will find out exactly what happened here and then respond accordingly,” he added.
On board the speedboat intercepted in a context of growing tensions with States Joinedauthorities found armas of fire of different calibers, including 14 rifles, 11 pistols and almost 13 thousand ammunitionaccording to the Minint.
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Earlier this month, the five boat crew members who survived the confrontation were formally charged with “terrorism“, according to the prosecutor’s office.
Las infiltrations of armed commandos from South Florida to carry out attacks in Cuba were frequent after the triumph of the Cuban revolution in 1959.
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