Cuba Says 4 Were Killed in Gunfire Exchange With US-Registered Boat

The communist country’s interior minister says that the boat entered Cuban waters from Florida and opened fire at a border guard.
Cuba Says 4 Were Killed in Gunfire Exchange With US-Registered Boat
A vintage car passes by the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on June 15, 2022. Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
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Cuban officials said Wednesday that the country’s coast guard killed four people in an exchange of gunfire with a U.S.-registered boat that entered its waters from Florida.

A statement from the communist country’s Ministry of the Interior said that people on board a speedboat entered Cuban waters and opened fire at border patrol troops on Wednesday morning around one nautical mile to the northeast of El Pino canal in Cayo Falcones.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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