PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Four people are dead and six others injured after a confrontation between a Florida-registered speedboat and Cuban border authorities in Cuban territorial waters, according to a statement posted Tuesday by the Cuban Embassy to the United States on X.
The embassy said that on Wednesday morning, Cuban authorities detected a “violating speedboat” within Cuban territorial waters near the El Pino channel in Cayo Falcones, in the municipality of Corralillo, Villa Clara province.
The vessel, identified as registered in Florida with registration number FL7726SH, allegedly approached to within one nautical mile northeast of the channel…