"Suffice it to say, it is highly unusual to see shootouts in open sea like that. It's not something that happens every day. It's something, frankly, that hasn't happened with Cuba in a very long time."
"The majority of the facts being publicly reported are those by the information provided by the Cubans. We will verify that independently as we gather more information, and we'll be prepared to respond accordingly."
"We're going to have our own information on this. We're going to figure out exactly what happened. He said it was not a US government operation and that he wasn't going to speculate about whose boat it was, what they were doing, why they were there, what actually happened."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio declined to speculate on details of an incident where Cuba reported killing four people and wounding six aboard a Florida-registered speedboat that entered Cuban waters and opened fire. Cuba claimed the ten passengers were armed Cubans living in the US attempting to infiltrate the island and conduct terrorism. Rubio emphasized the US will independently verify information rather than accepting only Cuban government accounts. He stated such maritime shootouts are highly unusual and unprecedented with Cuba in recent history. The US will conduct its own investigation to determine exactly what occurred. Rubio clarified the incident was not a US government operation and declined to speculate about the boat's ownership, purpose, or actual events.
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