On Wednesday, a Florida-registered speedboat entered Cuban waters and some on board exchanged gunfire with Cuban troops. Two such armed clashes occurred in 2022.

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Sanchez was accused of involvement in a plot against a municipal court and a Communist Party organization in Havana, and Cruz was suspected of arms trafficking in a purported attack on a military unit in Matanzas. Both are aged 47 and Cuba-born ⁠U.S. residents, according to a report filed with Cuba's official gazette.

Cuba’s forces fatally shot four people on a Florida-registered speedboat who were attempting to enter Cuban waters Wednesday and “infiltrate” the island, authorities said.

Four people were killed and six others were injured in a confrontation involving a vessel registered in Florida and Cuban Border Guard troops on Wednesday, the Cuban government said. The government said late Wednesday that the 10 passengers on the boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.

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Cuba’s government said late Wednesday that the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism.