FBI Investigates Cuba Speedboat Clash

0:00It's April 2nd. Welcome in. This is Canada News Today, where local news meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. FBI agents just touched down in Cuba to dig into that deadly speedboat clash back on February 25th. Five guys got killed and five others wounded when Cuban border patrol, fire back at a U.S. flag vessel carrying ten men and a bunch of military. Gear north of the island. American officials are calling it a straight-up terrorist plot by exiles living in the States, saying the boat crew shot first with high caliber rifles. Pistols, helmets, and over 12,000 rounds of ammo. They seized all that plus satellite gear and rations after the shootout. The U.S. flat-out denied any link to the operation. With top officials like Secretary of State Marco Rubio stressing they want the full story. Verified. This all went down amid supertense U.S. Cuba relations and survivors now face terrorism charges that can mean life in prison.

1:00President Miguel Diaz Canal had flagged back in March that he'd welcome the FBI to help probe it, and now they're there coordinating with Cuban forces, who even looped in the U.S. coast guard right after. With agents on the ground, both sides might finally sink up facts and ease some of that friction, keeping an eye on what shakes out next in this messy. The U.S. National standoff.