{"id":68997,"date":"2026-03-07T03:32:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cuba-reports-5th-death-from-u-s-flagged-speedboat-involved-in-shootout\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T03:32:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T03:32:33","slug":"cuba-reports-5th-death-from-u-s-flagged-speedboat-involved-in-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/cuba-reports-5th-death-from-u-s-flagged-speedboat-involved-in-shootout\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba reports 5th death from U.S.-flagged speedboat involved in shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Cuban authorities said Thursday that a fifth crew member of a U.S.-flagged speedboat involved in a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cuba-florida-speedboat-shooting\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">shootout with the coast guard<\/a><\/span> last week has died of his wounds.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have filed <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cuba-charges-suspects-terrorism-fatal-us-boat-shooting\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">terrorism charges<\/a><\/span> against the surviving crew members of the boat, suspected of trying to bring weapons to Cuba in hopes of destabilizing the communist government in Havana.<\/p>\n<p>One of the six survivors, identified as Roberto Alvarez Avila, &#8220;died on March 4 from wounds he received,&#8221; the interior ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EmbaCubaUS\/status\/2029738812927041953\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The shootout occurred on February 25 when a coast guard boat approached the vessel to demand identification, and the crew responded by opening fire.<\/p>\n<p>The Cuban coast guard shot and killed four other people aboard the boat, which came within one nautical mile of the Caribbean island&#8217;s shores.<\/p>\n<p>Cuban officials say the speedboat, registered in the United States, was carrying firearms of various calibers, including 14 rifles, 11 pistols and nearly 13,000 rounds of ammunition.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/04\/694115c8-e7e1-4e6d-a5d1-00bb95793046\/thumbnail\/620x413\/9174ff3c4f5a4c0d3805a1e2b5c2ad28\/ap26059102710165.jpg#\" alt=\"Weapons that Cuban authorities say were recovered from a speedboat in Cuban waters following a deadly confrontation are displayed in Havana, Feb. 27, 2026. \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/04\/694115c8-e7e1-4e6d-a5d1-00bb95793046\/thumbnail\/620x413\/9174ff3c4f5a4c0d3805a1e2b5c2ad28\/ap26059102710165.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/03\/04\/694115c8-e7e1-4e6d-a5d1-00bb95793046\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/29ad49ce5108de2b2a2e769cdeca82ae\/ap26059102710165.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Weapons that Cuban authorities say were recovered from a speedboat in Cuban waters following a deadly confrontation are displayed in Havana, Feb. 27, 2026.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                AP Photo\/Ramon Espinosa<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The interior ministry added the investigation into the incident was advancing with the cooperation of U.S. authorities, &#8220;including evidence sharing and other joint actions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At least two of those aboard the speedboat were U.S. citizens, one of whom was killed.<\/p>\n<p>According to the official and an incident report from the Monroe County Sheriff&#8217;s Office in Florida, the boat&#8217;s owner alleged that the vessel had been\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/cuba-boat-shooting-florida-keys-boat-stolen-monroe-county\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">stolen by an employee<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration has made no secret of its <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/south-florida-cuban-opposition-signs-freedom-accord-after-trump-signals-u-s-push-for-change-in-cuba\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">desire for regime change in Cuba<\/a><\/span>, imposing an energy blockade after the ouster of leftist autocrat Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela, which was the communist island&#8217;s top supplier of oil.<\/p>\n<p>The brother of\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cuba-florida-speedboat-shooting-brother-speaks-freedom\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">one of the men who was killed<\/a><\/span>\u00a0in the speedboat incident said his sibling was fixated on overthrowing Cuba&#8217;s government.<\/p>\n<p>Misael Ortega Casanova, brother of Michael Ortega Casanova,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/cuba-us-florida-boat-shooting-68e07061282dc2470993f6539bd0bde2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told the AP<\/a>\u00a0that his brother had fallen into an &#8220;obsessive and diabolical&#8221; 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Cubans in the United States and Cuban Americans have long protested the current Cuban government, and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/video\/cuban-americans-rally-in-miami-demand-human-rights-and-freedom-for-cuba\/?intcid=CNM-00-10abd1h\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">accused the island&#8217;s leadership<\/a>\u00a0of human rights violations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They became so obsessed that they didn&#8217;t think about the consequences nor their own lives,&#8221; Casanova said of his brother and the other men who were aboard the boat.<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">The Associated  Press<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/cuba-death-toll-us-speedboat-shootout\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuban authorities said Thursday that a fifth crew member of a U.S.-flagged speedboat involved in a shootout with the coast<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":68998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[1878],"class_list":["post-68997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-cuba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cuba reports 5th death from U.S.-flagged speedboat involved in shootout - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Prosecutors have filed terrorism charges against the surviving crew members. 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