Ten people took a speedboat from Florida to try and bring down the Cuban government.

Four of them were killed. At least one may have been an American citizen, and this is all happening as Cuba spirals deeper into a humanitarian crisis. The U.S. is ramping up pressure across the Caribbean and we inch closer and closer to a potential war with Iran. Right, because there's a lot to break down, let's start with Cuba. Let's start with Cuba.

Yesterday morning, Cuba's Interior Ministry said that it detected a Florida-registered speedboat

roughly one nautical mile off of the coast of its territorial waters.

And when troops went to Let's start with Cuba. Yesterday morning, Cuba's interior ministry said that it detected a Florida-registered speedboat

roughly one nautical mile off of the coast of its territorial waters. And when troops went to investigate, the ministry said that the people on board opened fire, injuring the commander of the Cuban vessel. And then the confrontation that followed, you had four people on that speedboat being killed, and six injured. Now, at first, it was unclear who these people were, but in a follow-up statement, you had the ministry claiming the boat was carrying 10 armed individuals who, quote,

intended to carry out an infiltration for terrorist purposes. With authorities saying they seized assault rifles, handguns, molotov cocktails, bulletproof vest, telescopic sights, and camouflage uniforms. And then he had the ministry, identifying six of the detained and one of the dead, claiming that all were Cuban nationals living in the United States, with most having prior criminal records. And they highlighted two in particular, who were allegedly wanted for involvement in planning or executing, quote, terrorist acts in Cuba or abroad. Also, they say they arrested another man on the island who had been sent from the United States to guarantee the reception of the armed infiltration and said that person had confessed. Right, and all of that is, according to the Cuban government,

there's also been outside reporting that adds to the picture.

The boat's registration reportedly matches a 24-foot pro-line motorboat

built in 1981 with a typical capacity of eight to 10 people.

One of the detained men appears to be the same person

previously interviewed by a US-based outlet that has long called her regime change in Cuba,

described by the host as a legend,

a former political prisoner who said he wanted to help Cubans achieve the freedom that is needed. And he also had the brother of one of those who were killed speaking to the Associated Press, saying his brother was a truck driver and an American citizen who had lived in the United States for more than 20 years, but had fallen into what he called an in a recessive and diabolical quest for Cuba's freedom, with him saying that no one knew with the plans and dadding, only as

Cubans who have lived over there understand. They became so obsessed that they didn't think about the consequences nor their own lives. As far as the U.S. response, the U.S. Attorney's Office or the Southern District of Florida says that it will pursue answers through every legal and diplomatic channel available and noting that facts remain unclear

and conflicting. Florida's Attorney General has also ordered prosecutors to work with federal and

state law enforcement writing, the Cuban government cannot be trusted and we will do everything in

our power to hold these communists accountable. Also, Republican Congressman Carlos Jimenez

called for an immediate investigation into what he described as a massacre saying that the

authorities must determine whether any victims were U.S. citizens and establish exactly what happened. And then, of course, he also had Secretary of State Mark Rubio. He also is the son of Cuban immigrants saying that he wouldn't speculate but confirm that the DHS and the Coast Guard are investigating independently. And his message was a simple one, saying we're going to have our own information on this. We're going to figure out exactly what happened. Now with all that said, right, this is bigger than just Cuba, right? This incident doesn't exist in a vacuum. It's happening less than two months after the United States helped take down Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. And since then, the U.S. military has been destroying small boats that it claims without evidence were involved in drug trafficking in the region, killing at least 150 people

and 44 strikes so far. And in fact, after the Venezuela operation, you had Trump saying that Cuba was also ready to fall, and his administration is back that up with action. Cutting off Venezuelan oil and money from flowing to Cuba, blocking other oil shipments, and signing the executive order is threatening tariffs in any country that sells or provides oil to the island. Now, you know, U.S. pressure on Cuba, it's not new.

American sanctions have long been at least partly

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