Should have said there were definitely drugs on the boat.
this post was submitted on 25 Feb 2026
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Guaranteed everyone on board was zooted to the gills, thinking they could do Bay of Pigs on Impossible difficulty.
Hasn’t the US set the precedent that this is ok?
This was inside Cuban territorial waters, so it's pretty much always been this way.
Also, they fired on a police boat.
Sorry, are we not blowing up civilian boats now?
~ Cuba
good. they were probably muling drugs.
several incidents of this kind have been reported, including two in 2022. In one case, a speedboat coming from the United States fired on Cuban Border Guard forces near Villa Clara, injuring a Cuban officer.
The other incident took place in Bahía Honda, in western Cuba, when a vessel also coming from the United States collided with an Interior Ministry patrol boat, causing the U.S. craft to sink and killing several of its occupants.
Authorities on the island frequently report finding abandoned or seized speedboats along the northern coast (Ciego de Ávila, Villa Clara, Havana), commonly used to pick up potential migrants. They describe these operations as “territorial violations and human trafficking.”
No governments are fans of coyotes, FYI.
If people want to leave Cuba, the Cuban government ought to let them go. This should be a national policy.
Cuba isn't North Korea. Most Cubans are just too poor to leave.
They’re killing people to that are trying to evacuate Cubans. Most likely their family members. So that’s great…
after it failed to obey orders to stop in territorial waters and opened fire on the police vessel,
Yeah, sure. Someone trying to pick up family members opened fire on a police boat.
I was referring to this:
“Authorities on the island frequently report finding abandoned or seized speedboats along the northern coast (Ciego de Ávila, Villa Clara, Havana), commonly used to pick up potential migrants. They describe these operations as ‘territorial violations and human trafficking.’”
Houston's strip clubs and brothels are packed to overflowing with "Rescued Cubans". Miami, Atlanta, and New Orleans, too.
The US cartels and the CIA have been flesh-peddling naive young people out of Cuba for decades. It is absolutely human trafficking.
No surprise when Rubio is so set to kidnap their leaders like we just did to Maduro. Tensions and watching are going to be high.