Four killed in speedboat shootout after US-registered vessel enters Cuban waters

A U.S. Coast Guard a boat carrying migrants off the coast of Hollywood Beach, Florida, on Sept. 1, 2022. According to the Border Patrol, a dozen Cuban migrants landed on the sands of a former Miami Beach hotel on Sept. 3, 2022. (David Santiago/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Four people have been shot dead after a speedboat registered in Florida ‘opened fire’ on the Cuban border guard.

Six people on the boat were injured after it entered waters close to Cayo Falcones on the Caribbean island on Wednesday morning.

Cuban authorities claim that the occupants of the boat opened fire on coast guard injuring the commander.

They then returned fire, killing four of the crew.

It remains unclear what the speedboat was doing in Cuban waters with the Cuban government launching an investigation.....

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