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Karma13612

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3. Sorry, but they were

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Feb 25, 2026, 05:06 PM

9 hrs ago

INSANE for doing that.

The Cuban authorities DO NOT mess around.

I’m not defending Cuba or saying the dead deserved to be slaughtered. But that was a foolish thing to do.

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Four people were killed and seven others were wounded on Feb. 25 after a speedboat from Florida entered Cuban waters [View all] applegrove 9 hrs ago OP

WTF................... Lovie777 9 hrs ago #1

more UpInArms 9 hrs ago #2

A gunfight? The speedboat sailors had guns or rifles? haele 6 hrs ago #9

Probably trafficking in a human cargo of Cuban nationals. Wuddles440 6 hrs ago #11

Sorry, but they were Karma13612 9 hrs ago #3

Nor did South American fishermen deserve to be slaughtered. raccoon 8 hrs ago #5

FAFO deluxe. BannonsLiver 9 hrs ago #4

Cuba is 90 miles from Key West so they had at least 80 miles to rethink this .. whatever it was. Deuxcents 8 hrs ago #6

This sounds like a remember the Maine exploitation moment although their boiler did not blow up. GreenWave 8 hrs ago #7

The US will more than likely use this to attack Cuba. walkingman 7 hrs ago #8

Yep - those men on the boat were "patsies" sent by our government. kerry-is-my-prez 6 hrs ago #10

This is assuming the Cuban government's version is the truth which it may not be EX500rider 2 hrs ago #12

Let's hear some names RussBLib 1 hr ago #13

This has happened before. Usually human smugglers picking up Cubans to run to the US Melon 1 hr ago #14