#Cuba - Armed attack against a patrol vessel of the Border Guard from #US-registered speedboat
#Cuba - Armed attack against a patrol vessel of the Border Guard from #US-registered speedboat
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/43720987
cross-posted from: https://expressional.social/users/Peter_Link/statuses/116135395827189958
Cuba - Armed attack against a patrol vessel of the Border Guard from #US-registered speedboatNote from the Ministry of the InteriorFeb 26, 2026
[contains original note, plus updates about the identities of the attackers]
On the morning of Feb. 25, 2026, a violating speedboat was detected within Cuban territorial waters. The vessel, registered in Florida, #USA, with registration number FL7726SH, approached up to 1 nautical mile northeast of the El Pino channel, in [...], Villa Clara province.
When a surface unit of the Border Guard Troops of the Ministry of the Interior, carrying five service members, approached the vessel for identification, the crew of the violating speedboat opened fire on the Cuban personnel, resulting in the injury of the commander of the Cuban vessel.
...as of the time of this report, four aggressors on the foreign vessel were killed and six were injured.