A bloody clash occurred off the coast of Cuba between the Cuban coast guard and passengers of a speedboat registered in Florida. Authorities in Havana reported neutralizing a group of refugees living in the USA. Four people were killed, and six were arrested for an alleged attempt to infiltrate the territory for terrorist purposes. Washington is conducting an independent investigation into the matter.

Deadly Clash at Sea

The Cuban coast guard shot dead four people traveling from Florida who had allegedly intruded into territorial waters, wounding the patrol unit commander before being neutralized.

Accusations of Sabotage Terrorism

Authorities in the regime-held Havana accuse the captured crew of intending to infiltrate and carry out anti-government armed actions using an arsenal of assault rifles and captured incendiary grenades.

Independent Investigation by US Authorities

The American Secretary of State firmly separated agency actions from the saboteurs' attacks, launched separate administrative proceedings demonstrating the separate paths of the US government, which had no oversight over the incident in the maritime archipelago.

Oil Resale Outside Embargo

An exception by the US Treasury Department lifted trade blockades on oil, protecting civilians in Cuba starving for electricity while boycotting entities linked to the dictator's brutal militia.

A speedboat registered in Florida with the registration number FL7726SH entered Cuban territorial waters near Cayo Falcones located in the Villa Clara province. According to the Ministry of the Interior from Havana, when a five-person patrol approached the foreign maritime vessel to conduct a standard identity verification, the intruders on board unexpectedly opened fire. As a result of the pursuit and fierce exchange of gunfire, four people were killed on the spot, including Michel Ortega Casanova, who was already operationally noted. The six remaining passengers were ordered to surrender after sustaining injuries and were then placed under full arrest. The state commander of the Cuban border patrol was also hospitalized with minor injuries. Local services additionally apprehended Cuban citizen Duniel Hernández Santos, who is alleged to be the local coordinator of the entire sabotage attack. Investigators working immediately after the incident officially confiscated from the captured speedboat leading assault rifles, light handguns, primitive explosives in the form of incendiary charges of the Molotov type, as well as heavy bulletproof vests and uniforms with a specific camouflage cut. According to testimony provided by the prosecutor's office, the intercepted group attempted to plan a complicated, anti-government coup to destabilize the island and cause political division using acts of targeted terrorism.

10 pasażerów — were involved in the intruders' speedboat voyage

Diplomatic relations between the United States and Havana have remained in a state of frozen hostile alert since the mid-20th century, starting with the hostile political revolution there linked to communists from the USSR. Frequent actions by armed exile groups have created painful and dramatic points in the bilateral disputes of both military blocs connected by maritime territories to this day.

Context and Rapid Development of the Navigation Crisis: January 2026 — Arrest in Venezuela; February 25, morning — Shooting in the Caribbean Basin; February 25, evening — Message from Havana's Offices

State Department firmly condemned the accusations publicly suggested by foreign power decision-makers of fabricating unofficial organization of a military invasion directly from the shores of Florida. The head of national diplomacy communicated to the media with absolute clarity that the current Republican administration and the fully official land-investigative units of the government did not actively cooperate with the conspirators from the sea. He noted that American intelligence will thoroughly conduct a deep and independent assessment of the tragic failure of the saboteurs, separate from the Caribbean Sea government. Political supporters of the detained Venezuelan system, linked to the former power structure on the eastern flank of the NATO alliance from earlier operations, immediately rushed with accusations. A leading official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs linked the deadly incident off the coast to a deliberate form of military provocation devised in the offices of Washington decision-makers, cutting off the managed tension to the brink of full conflict dictated by cold disinformation from the Russian decision-making camp.

„We are going to find out exactly what happened here and then we will respond accordingly” — Marco Rubio

The confrontation of armed Cuban forces occurs precisely and highly problematically during a period of severe collapse of the nation's vital and primarily energy industrial infrastructure. This country, plagued by massive and long-lasting urban grid blackouts, is heading towards poverty manifested by the disappearance of food supplies after the blocking of oil deliveries as a result of January naval operations and US sanctions against the Venezuelan fleet. The most important decision-making circles from the Treasury Department issued special packages of sanction mitigation for the sale of refining products to civilian markets, preventing a dramatic shortage for female citizens and communally operating entities. The rule establishing easing strikes once again harshly against the oppressive procedures of the dictatorial government, delivering absolutely no drops of black gold for the army and militia of the local intelligence. The latest shooting incident will undoubtedly weaken any mitigating diplomatic revivals, completely blocking the success of planned supply routes from beyond the western border after a successful tranche of a deferential customs directive.

Perspektywy mediów: Media favorable to the democratic-liberal camp and leftist activists firmly lament and prioritize the humanitarian release of Venezuelan distillation for the sake of the simplest, economically harmed person affected by armed tension in state policies from the embargo clamor. Conservative, right-wing views of publications burden the absolute dominant weight of the issue on totalitarian methods of struggle and hostile links with Moscow as the only rational confirmations of the rightful de-escalation supported by the rigor of the hard hand of US authorities against anti-Western forces.

Mentioned People

  • Marco Rubio — US Secretary of State, announced the initiation of an American investigation, separate from the dictatorial government, into the waters of Cuban maritime territory.
  • Nicolás Maduro — President of Venezuela, recently politically kidnapped, leading to the halt of cheap fuel supplies supporting the nation in Havana.
  • Maria Zakharova — Russian ministry spokeswoman accused US forces of politically and hostilely inciting an aggressive provocative explosion in the western Caribbean Sea.
  • Scott Bessent — US Treasury Secretary involved in lifting sanctions for ordinary, power-deprived consumers from Cuban oil regions.
  • Donald Trump — American political President of the United States embodying the authority directing foreign government organs distancing assassination attacks from the involvement of government officials.
  • Michel Ortega Casanova — One of those killed on board the boat boarded by Cuban border guards, registered civilly in Florida's territorial area of the El Pino sea river.
  • Duniel Hernández Santos — Apprehended Cuban citizen called the alleged logistical intermediary of the attack, who was detained and presented as co-commanding the organization of armed attacks in the state's territory.
  • Amijail Sánchez González — Officially notarized and sought on terrorism lists, perpetrator identified by Cuba's territorial defense armed force.