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applegrove

(131,483 posts) Wed Feb 25, 2026, 04:47 PM 21 hrs ago

Four people were killed and seven others were wounded on Feb. 25 after a speedboat from Florida entered Cuban waters

Last edited Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:55 AM - Edit history (2)

BREAKING: Four people were killed and seven others were wounded on Feb. 25 after a speedboat from Florida entered Cuban waters and opened fire on Cuban forces, who returned fire, Cuba's Interior Ministry said.
— USA TODAY (@usatoday.com) 2026-02-25T21:10:46Z

Applegrove: apparently they were Cuban (Americans?). My best guess is they wanted to start a revolution in order to get control of all the Cuban property that was confiscated from their families by Castro. And they wanted to get on the ground floor of said revolution.

Not the first time the thought of untold $$$$ made people crazy. But it's just a guess.

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Four people were killed and seven others were wounded on Feb. 25 after a speedboat from Florida entered Cuban waters (Original Post) applegrove 21 hrs ago OP

WTF................... Lovie777 21 hrs ago #1

more UpInArms 21 hrs ago #2

A gunfight? The speedboat sailors had guns or rifles? haele 18 hrs ago #9

Probably trafficking in a human cargo of Cuban nationals. Wuddles440 17 hrs ago #11

Sorry, but they were Karma13612 21 hrs ago #3

Nor did South American fishermen deserve to be slaughtered. raccoon 20 hrs ago #5

You are right about that Karma13612 5 hrs ago #15

FAFO deluxe. BannonsLiver 21 hrs ago #4

Cuba is 90 miles from Key West so they had at least 80 miles to rethink this .. whatever it was. Deuxcents 20 hrs ago #6

This sounds like a remember the Maine exploitation moment although their boiler did not blow up. GreenWave 19 hrs ago #7

The US will more than likely use this to attack Cuba. walkingman 19 hrs ago #8

Yep - those men on the boat were "patsies" sent by our government. kerry-is-my-prez 18 hrs ago #10

This is assuming the Cuban government's version is the truth which it may not be EX500rider 14 hrs ago #12

Let's hear some names RussBLib 13 hrs ago #13

This has happened before. Usually human smugglers picking up Cubans to run to the US Melon 13 hrs ago #14

Lovie777

(22,507 posts)

1. WTF...................

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 04:57 PM

21 hrs ago

UpInArms

(54,629 posts)

2. more

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 05:04 PM

21 hrs ago

Four people riding in a speedboat registered in the U.S. were killed Feb. 25 in a gunfight with Cuban government forces after entering the country’s waters, according to the Cuban Embassy in the U.S.

Crewmembers aboard a speedboat registered in Florida entered Cuban waters and opened fire on Cuban Ministry of the Interior forces when they approached the American vessel, the Cuban Embassy said in a statement. Aboard the Florida-registered vessel, four were killed and six were injured in the gunfight; the commander of the Ministry of the Interior vessel was wounded in the gunfight, Cuba said.

"In the face of current challenges, Cuba reaffirms its determination to protect its territorial waters, based on the principle that national defense is a fundamental pillar of the Cuban State in safeguarding its sovereignty and ensuring stability in the region," Cuban authorities said. "Investigations by the competent authorities continue in order to fully clarify the events."

WTF?

haele

(15,269 posts)

9. A gunfight? The speedboat sailors had guns or rifles?

Reply to UpInArms (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:04 PM

18 hrs ago

Like - drug runners or pirates would be carrying in the Caribbean area?

Wuddles440

(2,050 posts)

11. Probably trafficking in a human cargo of Cuban nationals.

Reply to haele (Reply #9)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:24 PM

17 hrs ago

Apparently there's such a smuggling network for those who can afford it.

Karma13612

(4,966 posts)

3. Sorry, but they were

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 05:06 PM

21 hrs ago

INSANE for doing that.

The Cuban authorities DO NOT mess around.

I’m not defending Cuba or saying the dead deserved to be slaughtered. But that was a foolish thing to do.

raccoon

(32,321 posts)

5. Nor did South American fishermen deserve to be slaughtered.

Reply to Karma13612 (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 05:35 PM

20 hrs ago

Karma13612

(4,966 posts)

15. You are right about that

Reply to raccoon (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:46 AM

5 hrs ago

but, until I know more about what these US citizens in a speed boat were doing, I am still saying that it was fool hardy of them to even be that close to Cuba.

A speed boat is not a fishing boat. What were they doing?

BannonsLiver

(20,400 posts)

4. FAFO deluxe.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 05:07 PM

21 hrs ago

Deuxcents

(26,338 posts)

6. Cuba is 90 miles from Key West so they had at least 80 miles to rethink this .. whatever it was.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 05:46 PM

20 hrs ago

GreenWave

(12,516 posts)

7. This sounds like a remember the Maine exploitation moment although their boiler did not blow up.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:25 PM

19 hrs ago

walkingman

(10,626 posts)

8. The US will more than likely use this to attack Cuba.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:43 PM

19 hrs ago

The State department led by little Marco will spin, not based on facts but rather based on their political ideology.

At some point Americans have to admit that we are no longer a "beacon of freedom," "liberty," and "democracy".

We have become the "bullies of the world" ruled by a corrupt government

kerry-is-my-prez

(10,249 posts)

10. Yep - those men on the boat were "patsies" sent by our government.

Reply to walkingman (Reply #8)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:17 PM

18 hrs ago

Expendable fools/collateral damage. It will be used as an excuse to bomb Cuba or remove their leader, then just leave, like in Venezuela.

EX500rider

(12,306 posts)

12. This is assuming the Cuban government's version is the truth which it may not be

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 11:42 PM

14 hrs ago

"Information from the Cuban government is widely considered by international observers, human rights organizations, and various governments to have low reliability, particularly regarding economic data, human rights practices, and internal security matters."

RussBLib

(10,501 posts)

13. Let's hear some names

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:35 AM

13 hrs ago

…intelligence ops perhaps? Kinda sounds like a stupid plan made by stupid people.

Melon

(1,282 posts)

14. This has happened before. Usually human smugglers picking up Cubans to run to the US