Cuba Claims Infiltrators from US Killed in Speedboat Incident
The Cuban government announced that ten armed Cubans living in the US, attempting to infiltrate the island via speedboat, were killed after opening fire on Cuban soldiers.
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The Cuban government announced that ten armed Cubans living in the US, attempting to infiltrate the island via speedboat, were killed after opening fire on Cuban soldiers.
Cuba's government says the 10 people on a Florida-registered boat that opened fire on its soldiers were terrorists trying to infiltrate the island. The country says its forces killed four people.

The Cuban government announced that its army killed four and wounded six people on a speedboat registered in Florida, USA, raising questions about potential increased tensions between the two countries.

Rare clash off island’s coast comes amid oil embargo and heightened tensions between two countries The Cuban Interior Ministry has said that border guards killed four gunmen and wounded six more on a speedboat bearing a Florida registration off the coast of Cuba’s Villa Clara province. The rare clash off Cuba’s coast, which took place on Tuesday, comes at a moment of heightened tensions between the United States and Cuba during an oil embargo that has led to an energy and humanitarian crisis...

In the US, a federal investigation into the case was launched with the justification that "the Cuban government cannot be trusted." Havana had already investigated some passengers for terrorist practices.

The Cuban government announced that a boat, from which shots were fired at soldiers near the island, had armed Cubans from the USA on board. Four people died and six others were injured in the shootout.

Four people were killed and seven injured after a speedboat from Florida entered Cuban waters and opened fire on Cuban forces, who then returned fire, according to the Cuban Ministry of Interior.

The Cuban government's outstanding debt to Spanish companies has increased to at least $320 million, with a recent survey indicating liabilities of about $276 million and an additional $80 million in warnings.

The US says it will licence entities to sell the oil to Cuba except those linked to the Cuban government and military.

The Cuban government denounced an attempt by an armed group with 'terrorist purposes' to 'infiltrate' the country by sea from the US.

Cuban forces have killed four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida-based speedboat that entered Cuban waters and opened fire on a Cuban patrol, the Cuban government said at a time of heightened tensions with the United States.