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LessAspin

(2,022 posts) Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:56 PM Feb 25

Cuba intercepted and fired on Florida registered boat

Last edited Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:27 PM - Edit history (1)

Cuban officials say four people were killed and six were injured after a U.S.-registered speedboat violated territorial waters and sparked an armed conflict. U.S. officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) 2026-02-25T22:21:07Z

Here's a quick write-up on Cuban Coast Guard killing 4 and injuring 6 people on a Florida-registered boat:

www.wlrn.org/americas/202...
— Danny Rivero (@danielrivero.bsky.social) 2026-02-25T21:34:06.863Z

https://www.democraticunderground.com/110892759

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Cuba intercepted and fired on Florida registered boat (Original Post) LessAspin Feb 25 OP

Doral LessAspin Feb 25 #1

The boat was in Cuban waters and fired on the Coast Guard Ritabert Feb 25 #2

A pity there wasn't a reef or shoal nearby Vogon_Glory Feb 26 #5

Good idea. Ritabert Feb 26 #6

Mercenaries attempting to sneak into Cuba LessAspin Feb 25 #3

More like emigres. Vogon_Glory Feb 26 #4

LessAspin

(2,022 posts)

1. Doral

Reply to LessAspin (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:04 PM

Feb 25

Last edited Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:37 PM - Edit history (1)

The planning for that 2020 Bay of Piglets was done at Doral...

Ritabert

(2,615 posts)

2. The boat was in Cuban waters and fired on the Coast Guard

Reply to LessAspin (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:50 PM

Feb 25

Cubans returned fire. Maybe they were narco-terrorists which gives them the right according to the US.

Vogon_Glory

(10,361 posts)

5. A pity there wasn't a reef or shoal nearby

Reply to Ritabert (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 10:34 AM

Feb 26

Then this encounter could be called “The Piggy Bank.”

Ritabert

(2,615 posts)

6. Good idea.

Reply to Vogon_Glory (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:57 PM

Feb 26

LessAspin

(2,022 posts)

3. Mercenaries attempting to sneak into Cuba

Reply to LessAspin (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:09 PM

Feb 25

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s government said late Wednesday that the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism.

The announcement came hours after Cuba said its soldiers killed four people and wounded six others aboard a Florida-registered speed boat that had entered Cuban waters and opened fire on the soldiers first...

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cuba-us-boat-shooting_n_699f8339e4b0100c25470bbd?ave

Vogon_Glory

(10,361 posts)

4. More like emigres.

Reply to LessAspin (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 10:18 AM

Feb 26

I suspect these guys had been living in a right-wing political bubble and had a brutal encounter with reality.

Considering the hard-right turn US-Cuban relations have made since January of last year, I can’t help but wonder if any of those guys had even BEEN to Cuba.

Whether they have or not, I’m saving my sympathies for somebody else.

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