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D. Spaulding

(509 posts) Wed Feb 25, 2026, 04:44 PM Feb 25

Cuban Government Says 4 Are Killed in Gunfire Exchange With Florida Speedboat

Source: NY Times

The Cuban government said it exchanged gunfire with a Florida-based speedboat that had entered its territorial waters Wednesday, killing at least four people and wounding six others.

The vessel approached within one nautical mile northeast of the El Pino channel north of Corralillo, a town in the central Cuban province of Villa Clara, according to a statement on the Facebook page of Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior.

Cuban border-guard troops on a government boat approached the speedboat seeking identification when the people aboard the boat opened fire on the Cuban personnel, wounding the Cuban vessel’s commander, the statement said.

“As a result of the confrontation, at the time of this report, four foreign attackers were killed and six were wounded,” the government said.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/world/americas/cuba-gunfire-speedboat-florida.html

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Cuban Government Says 4 Are Killed in Gunfire Exchange With Florida Speedboat (Original Post) D. Spaulding Feb 25 OP

The MAGA fuckheads are going to lose their fucking shit when told to do so regarding this shit. SoFlaBro Feb 25 #1

I have to wonder if those were mercenaries sent by tRump to stir shit up. groundloop Feb 25 #2

here are lots of bonkers Cuban Americans in Miami-Dade and Monroe County obamanut2012 Feb 25 #4

Yep....then he'll use all four of them as props in the next SOTU Bengus81 Feb 26 #14

is this the orange assholes USS Maine moment? Javaman Feb 25 #3

Bay of Pigs? BidenRocks Feb 25 #6

No kidding. could be a little of both. Javaman Feb 25 #7

The Trump administration knows how to pick a fight.. Escape Feb 25 #5

From the article: Polybius Feb 25 #8

Why would they be within a nautical mile of shore? Renew Deal Feb 25 #9

That's assuming the Cubans government version of events is true EX500rider Feb 26 #10

Pretty much the same Old Crank Feb 26 #11

+10,000 Bengus81 Feb 26 #15

Well we are running guns Old Crank Feb 26 #12

What's the problem? Rincewind Feb 26 #13

It's obvious that US mules were trying to bring drugs into Cuba. Sneederbunk Feb 26 #16

They took prisoners PATRICK Feb 26 #17

SoFlaBro

(3,790 posts)

1. The MAGA fuckheads are going to lose their fucking shit when told to do so regarding this shit.

Reply to D. Spaulding (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 04:45 PM

Feb 25

groundloop

(13,845 posts)

2. I have to wonder if those were mercenaries sent by tRump to stir shit up.

Reply to D. Spaulding (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 05:45 PM

Feb 25

This might be all the justification his feeble little mind needs to start a war with Cuba.

On second thought, after reading an article by The Guardian which wasn't behind a paywall, this area is frequented by human traffickers.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/25/cuba-says-border-guards-killed-four-gunmen-on-us-registered-speedboat

obamanut2012

(29,367 posts)

4. here are lots of bonkers Cuban Americans in Miami-Dade and Monroe County

Reply to groundloop (Reply #2)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:53 PM

Feb 25

I worked with some of them. Some of them would do this.

Bengus81

(10,161 posts)

14. Yep....then he'll use all four of them as props in the next SOTU

Reply to groundloop (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:38 AM

Feb 26

Javaman

(65,705 posts)

3. is this the orange assholes USS Maine moment?

Reply to D. Spaulding (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 06:37 PM

Feb 25

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(1890)

just now need the yellow press to blow it completely out of proportion

BidenRocks

(3,263 posts)

6. Bay of Pigs?

Reply to Javaman (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:20 PM

Feb 25

I was 6.
I do not wish to relive my life!

Javaman

(65,705 posts)

7. No kidding. could be a little of both.

Reply to BidenRocks (Reply #6)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 08:48 PM

Feb 25

just gotta see how far he flies off the handle and how quickly piss drunk pete sobers up.

Escape

(469 posts)

5. The Trump administration knows how to pick a fight..

Reply to D. Spaulding (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 07:18 PM

Feb 25

and start a war.

Polybius

(21,900 posts)

8. From the article:

Reply to D. Spaulding (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 10:07 PM

Feb 25

Cuban border-guard troops on a government boat approached the speedboat seeking identification when the people aboard the boat opened fire on the Cuban personnel, wounding the Cuban vessel’s commander, the statement said.

Very odd that the people on the US' boat would open fire. What were they thinking? And why were they armed anyway?

Renew Deal

(85,144 posts)

9. Why would they be within a nautical mile of shore?

Reply to Polybius (Reply #8)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 10:53 PM

Feb 25

That's way too close for a lost craft

EX500rider

(12,581 posts)

10. That's assuming the Cubans government version of events is true

Reply to Polybius (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 12:28 AM

Feb 26

Which may not necessarily be the case.

"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."

Old Crank

(7,073 posts)

11. Pretty much the same

Reply to EX500rider (Reply #10)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:03 AM

Feb 26

as information from our government.

Bengus81

(10,161 posts)

15. +10,000

Reply to Old Crank (Reply #11)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:40 AM

Feb 26

Old Crank

(7,073 posts)

12. Well we are running guns

Reply to Polybius (Reply #8)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 03:05 AM

Feb 26

into Mexico and Canada. This administration is doing nothing to stop that.

Rincewind

(1,357 posts)

13. What's the problem?

Reply to D. Spaulding (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 08:32 AM

Feb 26

Just claim they were narco terrorists, and it's cool.

Sneederbunk

(17,488 posts)

16. It's obvious that US mules were trying to bring drugs into Cuba.

Reply to Rincewind (Reply #13)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:10 PM

Feb 26

PATRICK

(12,396 posts)

17. They took prisoners

Reply to Rincewind (Reply #13)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 01:29 PM

Feb 26

They may get some leverage to make Trump ease off? Past blunders of our currently hyperactive incompetently guided, gutted "Intelligence" agencies have been sent into hyperdrive with plots so old and now off the shelf that there can never be any successful followthrough. Not in the Mideast, not in South America or Cuba. God knows how any military personnel from top to bottom could stomach a seizure of Greenland.

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