00:01After a shootout in Cuban waters, the injured were brought to this hospital.
00:06Cuba said its soldiers retaliated on a Florida-registered speedboat after those aboard opened fire on a patrol.
00:13The government said the passengers were Cuban nationals living in the US,
00:17some of whom had a known history of violent activity.
00:20The official government statement was read on Cuban TV.
00:24It has been established that the neutralized speedboat registered in Florida under the number FL 7726SH
00:32was carrying ten armed individuals who, according to the detainees' preliminary statements,
00:37intended to carry out an infiltration for terrorist purposes.
00:44Assault rifles, handguns, homemade explosive devices, Molotov cocktails, bulletproof vests,
00:49telescopic sights, and camouflage uniforms were seized.
00:55The speedboat entered Cuban territorial waters in Falcones Quay, on the island's north coast.
01:01U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters it was not a U.S. operation
01:05and that no U.S. government personnel were involved.
01:09Rubio said Cuban authorities made the U.S. aware of the incident,
01:12but that the U.S. Embassy in Havana would attempt to independently confirm what happened.
01:17The majority of the facts being publicly reported are those by the information provided by the Cubans.
01:23We will verify that independently.
01:26And as we gather more information, then we'll be prepared to respond accordingly.
01:31The exchange comes at a time of heightened tensions between Cuba and the U.S.
01:36Since the Trump administration blocked nearly all oil shipments to the island,
01:40Cuba's energy crisis has worsened, leaving conditions increasingly unstable.
01:45Please tell us about incentives.
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