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BREAKING: Cuban Regime Kills Four in Shootout
With Florida Vessel

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Posted By: Mercedes44, 2/25/2026 4:14:19 PM

The Cuban regime may have just sealed its fate. It's not yet clear if the people on board were United States citizens, though many are assuming so since the boat was registered in the U.S. The Interior Ministry's full statement reads: Cuba's Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday that four men on a Florida-registered vessel, possibly a speedboat, were shot and killed by its Border Guard after entering Cuban waters near Santa Clara Province. Six other people aboard the boat were wounded. The regime claims that the people on board the vessel shot at the Border Guards first.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 2/25/2026 4:23:55 PM (No. 2073070)
Hmm. Smugglers?
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Reply 2 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 2/25/2026 4:26:08 PM (No. 2073072)
Remember the Maine!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: red1066 2/25/2026 4:43:55 PM (No. 2073076)
Cuban exiles or of Cuban decent that probably live in Miami and decided to start the take back of Cuba. The boat may have been fast, but bullets are faster. A so-called speed boat doesn't generally carry more than a few people. This boat had at least ten people, plus they were armed. They sure weren't using those weapons for fishing.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: 0658 2/25/2026 4:44:20 PM (No. 2073077)
Not sure we have enough information to form an opinion. Why was a Florida registered boat thatclose to Cuba?
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Mcscow sailor 2/25/2026 5:25:40 PM (No. 2073085)
A dying rattlesnake is dangerous.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: FL_Absentee_Voter 2/25/2026 5:31:41 PM (No. 2073087)
Yeah, it's a bit premature to opine that the Cuban regime "may have just sealed its fate." However, hyperbole and superlatives seem to be the norm for many of these younger, online journalists.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: 5 handicap 2/26/2026 6:03:02 AM (No. 2073172)
The number of People on a Speed boat is concerning, if they were also armed Cuba has the right to protect it's borders as any country does. There are way too many unanswered questions to make any serious conclusion re this incident.
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