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Cuban coast guard ships docked at the port of Havana on February 25, 2026. Cuba’s coast guard said on February 25, 2026, it shot dead four people and wounded six others traveling in a US-registered speedboat during an exchange of fire near Cuba’s shores that came amid heightened tensions with Washington. (Photo by Adalberto ROQUE \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
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Deadly shooting between Cuban Coast Guard and Florida boat<\/p>\n
\n A boat that was registered in Florida allegedly engaged in a shootout with the Cuban Coast Guard. According to Cuban authorities, the boat was carrying 10 men and firearms.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
Cuban officials identified Thursday the remaining three men who were killed in a shooting with a Cuban coast guard vessel and one who was detained after a group of 10 allegedly used a Florida-registered boat for a \u201cterrorist infiltration\u201d of the island.<\/p>\n
Pavel Alling Pe\u00f1a, Ledi\u00e1n Padr\u00f3n Guevara and Hector Duani Cruz Correa were killed Wednesday in the gunfire exchange, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Carlos Fern\u00e1ndez de Coss\u00edo said in a statement. Roberto \u00c1lvarez \u00c1vila was detained.<\/p>\n
The Cuban government initially reported that Roberto Azcorra Consuegra was part of the group, but he was not, the statement said. Azcorra, 31, told the Miami Herald<\/a> he was at his home in South Florida and hadn\u2019t been to Cuba since 2017 when he was granted political asylum in the United States.<\/p>\n The Interior Ministry previously identified one of the four men killed as Michel Ortega Casanova, and identified those detained as Amijail S\u00e1nchez Gonz\u00e1lez, Leordan Enrique Cruz G\u00f3mez, Conrado Galindo Sariol, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Rodr\u00edguez Castell\u00f3 and Cristian Ernesto Acosta Guevara.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Cuba labels intercepted Florida speedboat a \u2018terrorist infiltration\u2019 after deadly clash<\/a><\/p>\n