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Fact-check: Multiple X posts and major news sources including The Guardian, BBC, Reuters, NYT, and CNN confirm the February 25, 2026, shootout off Cuba's coast where Cuban border guards intercepted a stolen Florida-registered speedboat carrying 10 armed Cuban exiles, killing 4 and wounding 6. The article accurately details the incident's links to Miami's exile community and their bewildered reaction, with no contradictions in real-time X reporting. The event fits within the ongoing Cuba Crisis context.
‘Adventurism has had its day’: speedboat shootout leaves Miami’s exiled Cubans bewildered
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A group of 10 heavily armed men were intercepted on a stolen speedboat off Miami in what appears to be a failed operation linked to Cuban exile communities across Florida. Authorities have few clear answers about how the group assembled or what their objectives were. The incident has left Miami's large Cuban exile community bewildered, with many suggesting the era of armed adventurism against Cuba has passed. The episode recalls a long history of exile paramilitary activity dating back to the Ba