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Cuba announces death of one of the detainees in the US speedboat operation

Cuba's Ministry of the Interior announced that one of six detainees in an operation involving a US speedboat has died from wounds sustained in a shootout with border guards. The government has confirmed the details of the incident.

Cuba announces death of one of the detainees in the US speedboat operation

The Ministry of the Interior of Cuba (Minint) announced this Thursday that one of the six detainees in the operation involving a speedboat from US territorial waters with 10 people on board and a large quantity of weapons, according to the Cuban government's account, has died from wounds sustained in the shootout with border guard troops. In the last paragraph of a statement on the investigation process, Minint indicated that Roberto Álvarez Ávila, one of the injured in the incident and detained since then, «died on March 4 as a result of the injuries received». On February 25, Cuban border guard troops intercepted a speedboat coming from the USA.

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