American among those killed on speedboat in Cuban waters, White House confirms
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American citizens were on board a stolen speedboat that entered Cuban waters Wednesday, and at least one American was one of four people killed by Cuba's coast guard after the occupants of the boat allegedly opened fire on the Cuban military, the White House confirmed to CBS News on Thursday. The news was first reported by Axios. Margaret Brennan and Kerry Breen contributed to this report. In:
American citizens were on board a stolen speedboat that entered Cuban waters Wednesday, and at least one American was one of four people killed by Cuba's coast guard after the occupants of the boat allegedly opened fire on the Cuban military, the White House confirmed to CBS News on Thursday. The news was first reported by Axios.
Four people were killed and six people aboard the boat, which came from Florida, were wounded and arrested, according to Cuba's Interior Ministry.
In addition to the American citizen who was killed, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News that at least one U.S. citizen was also among those arrested. At least one of the boat's occupants had a K-1 visa, the official said, which allows a citizen's fiancé to travel to the U.S. to get married, and others are believed to be legal permanent residents of the U.S., although it was not clear how many.
According to the official, the boat's owner alleged that that the vessel had been stolen by an employee.
The boat was one nautical mile northeast of the El Pino canal in Cayo Falcones when five members of the Border Guard Troops approached the boat for identification, the ministry said. The people on the boat then began shooting, wounding the commander of the Cuban boat, according to the ministry.
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