{"id":169091,"date":"2026-02-25T20:13:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169091\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T20:13:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:13:08","slug":"cuban-authorities-report-4-dead-6-injured-after-cuban-border-patrol-stops-boat-registered-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/169091\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban authorities report 4 dead, 6 injured after Cuban border patrol stops boat registered in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 Cuban diplomats announced that four were killed and six were injured after a speedboat registered in Florida was caught on Wednesday in Cuban waters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepCarlos\/status\/2026737976907067395?s=20\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepCarlos\/status\/2026737976907067395?s=20\">post on X<\/a>, U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez described the incident as an attack and an assassination. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThis regime must be relegated to the dustbin of history,\u201d Gimenez wrote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The commander of the Cuban vessel was injured during the shooting after intercepting the speedboat with registration number FL7726SH, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EmbaCubaUS\/status\/2026732911114760673?s=20\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EmbaCubaUS\/status\/2026732911114760673?s=20\">Cuban officials on X<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">While northeast of the El Pino channel, in <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/xKSWyEvSRRVSiWXK8\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/xKSWyEvSRRVSiWXK8\">Cayo Falcones<\/a>, the crew of the speedboat \u201copened fire\u201d on five service members of the Cuban Border Guard Troops of the Ministry of the Interior, according to Cuban officials. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThe injured individuals were evacuated and received medical assistance,\u201d the official wrote. \u201cIn 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">On Tuesday, mourners met in Miami-Dade County to mark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/national\/2026\/02\/24\/brothers-to-the-rescue-meets-for-painful-30th-anniversary-of-4-killed-by-cuban-military\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/national\/2026\/02\/24\/brothers-to-the-rescue-meets-for-painful-30th-anniversary-of-4-killed-by-cuban-military\/\">the 30th anniversary of the death of four Brothers to the Rescue volunteers<\/a> when the Cuban Air Force shotdown two Cessnas on Feb. 24, 1996. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Two survivors, Jos\u00e9 Basulto, a pilot and founder of Brothers to the Rescue, and Sylvia G. Iriondo, a volunteer, have been demanding that Ra\u00fal Castro be indicted for his role in the deaths of Carlos Alejandre, 45; Armando Costa, 29; Mario De la Pe\u00f1a, 24; and Pablo Morales, 29. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI \u2014 Cuban diplomats announced that four were killed and six were injured after a speedboat registered in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169092,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-169091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}