What we know so far about the deadly boat shooting off Cuba’s coast

<p>Cuba says it thwarted armed exiles on a Florida-registered speedboat who were trying to infiltrate from the US</p><p>A deadly <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/25/cuba-says-border-guards-killed-four-gunmen-on-us-registered-speedboat">exchange of fire between two boats off the coast of Cuba</a>, killing four and wounding six, has raised already high tensions between Washington and Havana.</p><p>Cuba’s government said a US-registered boat was carrying 10 people, most of whom it claimed “have a known history of criminal and violent activity”. The US secretary of state, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/marco-rubio">Marco Rubio</a>, said the US was gathering its own information but called the open sea shootout “highly unusual”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/26/what-we-know-so-far-people-shot-killed-boat-cuba">Continue reading...</a>