Cuba slams US for 'impunity' on speedboat attack suspects

A vintage car is parked outside the Provincial Clinical–Surgical Hospital "Arnaldo Milian Castro," where, according to local information, injured people were being treated after an armed incident involving a Florida-registered speedboat and a Cuban patrol, at a time of heightened tensions with the U.S., in Santa Clara, Cuba, February 26, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez

SANTA CLARA, Cuba, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Cuba criticized the ⁠U.S. government for allowing anti-Cuban groups to operate with impunity on Thursday, as Cuban exiles wounded in an apparent attack aboard a Florida-registered speedboat convalesced at a provincial Cuban hospital.

The government ⁠in Havana said heavily armed Cuban nationals tried to infiltrate the country by speedboat on Wednesday, leading to gunfire at sea in which Cuban forces killed four Cuban nationals ‌and wounded six others, who were in Cuban custody.