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Cuba says 4 killed in speedboat shooting were attempting to 'infiltrate the country'
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Cuba says 4 killed in speedboat shooting were attempting to 'infiltrate the country'

France 24 · Feb 26, 2026 · Collected from RSS

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Cuba said it thwarted gunmen trying to infiltrate from the United States as its coastguard opened fire Wednesday (February 25) at a Florida-registered speedboat near its shores, killing four people and wounding six. But what do we know so far about them? For more on that topic, FRANCE 24's Haxie Meyers-Belkin is joined by Emily Morris, honorary senior researcher associate at UCL's Institute of the Americas.

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