{"id":214647,"date":"2026-04-01T15:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/214647\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T15:36:11","slug":"fbi-visits-cuba-to-probe-florida-speedboat-attack-as-survivors-face-terrorism-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/214647\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI visits Cuba to probe Florida speedboat attack as survivors face terrorism charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      Havana, Cuba\u00a0\u2014\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmng5244j000x26nob2jt5tze@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            An FBI technical team is in Cuba to investigate a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/26\/americas\/cuba-speedboat-shooting-what-we-know-intl-latam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February shootout<\/a> between Cuban soldiers and the crew of a boat from Florida, CNN has learned from two sources familiar with the visit.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmng6ixek000f3d5srsl8fwc2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The rare visit by US law enforcement to the communist-run island comes amid some of the highest tensions in years between the US and Cuba and after the Trump administration said Cuban officials need to radically alter their system of government.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmng6ixek000g3d5s1ocsz2sa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            According to Cuban officials, a boat with 10 people aboard sailed to the island from Florida in late February to carry out \u201can attempt to overthrow the government.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmng6ixek000h3d5sy6wxmiyo@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Upon arrival, the boaters engaged in a shootout with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/25\/americas\/cuba-florida-speedboat-intl-latam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cuban border guards<\/a> that left four of the boaters dead and one of the Cuban soldiers wounded. A fifth boater later died of his injuries, Cuban officials said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmng6ixek000i3d5sz21duqph@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Cuban officials said they found a cache of assault rifles, ammunition, bulletproof vests and Molotov cocktails on the boat.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmng6j07d000l3d5skcbtgcpq@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            US officials said in February that at least one of those who died and one survivor were US citizens. The five survivors face terrorism charges on the island. Though Cuban officials initially identified all the men as Cuban nationals, the island\u2019s government typically does not recognize dual nationalities and treats anyone born in Cuba as a Cuban citizen.\n    <\/p>\n<p>       <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026-03-07t040328z-282600159-rc2kujagfd4x-rtrmadp-3-cuba-crisis-gunfire.JPG\" alt=\"Gear and weapons seized from a Florida-registered speedboat are displayed in Havana, Cuba, on February 27.\" class=\"image_large__dam-img image_large__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_large__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1333\" width=\"2000\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmng6jaqs000n3d5s9nlcfui6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In March, Cuban President Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel said FBI agents would be allowed to carry out an investigation on the island in cooperation with Cuban officials.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmng6jaqs000o3d5sbvwquq1z@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A US official told CNN that the American investigators are not making decisions based on information provided by Cuba but that they will independently verify what happened during the incident.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmng6jaqs000p3d5s9ofqzief@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The official said that in making decisions about the case, the United States will seek to protect US interests and US citizens involved in the incident.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmng6jaqs000q3d5slw7y2guc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN has reached out to the FBI for comment.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Havana, Cuba\u00a0\u2014\u00a0 An FBI technical team is in Cuba to investigate a February shootout between Cuban soldiers and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-214647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214647","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=214647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}