"Cuba's government said border agents shot back when somebody on the speedboat started firing on them, killing four and wounding six. It said the men were dressed in camouflage and armed with assault rifles, handguns, homemade explosives, ballistic vests and telescopic sights, and in possession of a significant number of containers bearing the symbols of counter-revolutionary organisations."
"Didn't we stop doing that years ago? said Javi Gonzalez, a second-generation Cuban-American office worker on his coffee break, referring to the ill-fated, CIA-backed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion by Cuban paramilitary exiles seeking to overthrow the Castro regime, for which the museum is named."
A confrontation occurred off Cuba's north coast when Cuban coastguard engaged with ten heavily armed men aboard a stolen speedboat from Florida. Cuban authorities reported four deaths and six wounded after the speedboat occupants allegedly fired first. The men carried military equipment including assault rifles, explosives, and ballistic vests, along with symbols associated with counter-revolutionary organizations. The incident surprised Miami's Cuban-American community, particularly those in Little Havana, where residents questioned whether such military operations had resumed. The event echoed historical tensions between Cuban exiles and the Castro regime, referencing the failed 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and previous incidents like the 1996 Brothers to the Rescue shootdown.
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