Photos from Cuba as US speedboat shooting heightens tensions

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Soldiers walk through Old Havana to collect garbage in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Soldiers walk through Old Havana to collect garbage in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Weapons that Cuban authorities say were recovered from a speedboat in Cuban waters following a confrontation that left four people dead are displayed during a media presentation in Havana, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Weapons that Cuban authorities say were recovered from a speedboat in Cuban waters following a confrontation that left four people dead are displayed during a media presentation in Havana, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People ride as passengers on an electric tricycle taxi decorated with a U.S. flag in Regla, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People ride as passengers on an electric tricycle taxi decorated with a U.S. flag in Regla, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People walk past a mural of Che Guevara in Havana, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People walk past a mural of Che Guevara in Havana, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People walk along the Malecón in Havana, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People walk along the Malecón in Havana, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Mexican ship ARM Huasteco, carrying aid according to the Mexican government, arrives to Havana Bay, Cuba, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Mexican ship ARM Huasteco, carrying aid according to the Mexican government, arrives to Havana Bay, Cuba, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Guillermo Beltran, a recipient of Mexican humanitarian assistance, poses for a photo with his daughters Chanely, left and Chanela, holding his donated items at their home in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Guillermo Beltran, a recipient of Mexican humanitarian assistance, poses for a photo with his daughters Chanely, left and Chanela, holding his donated items at their home in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People take photos at Havana Bay as the Mexican Navy ship Isla Holbox, carrying aid according to the Mexican government, arrives in Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People take photos at Havana Bay as the Mexican Navy ship Isla Holbox, carrying aid according to the Mexican government, arrives in Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Tourist walk through Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Tourist walk through Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Tourists travel in a classic American car next to a line of drivers waiting to buy fuel for their cars in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Tourists travel in a classic American car next to a line of drivers waiting to buy fuel for their cars in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People play dominoes on the street in Havana, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People play dominoes on the street in Havana, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People spend the afternoon on the Malecón at sunset, in Havana, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People spend the afternoon on the Malecón at sunset, in Havana, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Doctors assist in a birth at the Ramón González Coro Maternity Hospital in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Doctors assist in a birth at the Ramón González Coro Maternity Hospital in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Women use a cell phone flashlight as they chat through a window during a scheduled power outage as part of energy rationing in Santa Cruz del Norte, home to one of Cuba’s largest thermoelectric plants, late Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Women use a cell phone flashlight as they chat through a window during a scheduled power outage as part of energy rationing in Santa Cruz del Norte, home to one of Cuba’s largest thermoelectric plants, late Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People walk down a street in Havana, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People walk down a street in Havana, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People wait to board transportation in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People wait to board transportation in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
The Mexican Navy ship Papaloapan arrives, carrying aid according to the Mexican government, at Havana Bay, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
The Mexican Navy ship Papaloapan arrives, carrying aid according to the Mexican government, at Havana Bay, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Russian tourists arrive at the airport in Varadero, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Jorge Luis Banos)
Russian tourists arrive at the airport in Varadero, Cuba, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Jorge Luis Banos)
A driver steers his bicycle taxi decorated with U.S. and Cuban flags in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A driver steers his bicycle taxi decorated with U.S. and Cuban flags in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People hold their noses as they pass a street with garbage in Havana, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
People hold their noses as they pass a street with garbage in Havana, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A man sleeps on a street in Havana, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A man sleeps on a street in Havana, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A man rides his bicycle at sunset in Havana, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A man rides his bicycle at sunset in Havana, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Former baseball player Juan Alberto Varona washes clothes in the street during a scheduled power outage in Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba, late afternoon Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Former baseball player Juan Alberto Varona washes clothes in the street during a scheduled power outage in Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba, late afternoon Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A couple sit on a seawall while watching a tanker ship exit Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
A couple sit on a seawall while watching a tanker ship exit Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
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1:54 AM on Thursday, February 26

By RAMON ESPINOSA

HAVANA (AP) — A view of daily life in Cuba as Havana says the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island.

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