佛罗里达州政府周二针对古巴政府的一则声明展开全面调查。古巴政府称，在周二当天，一艘悬挂美国国旗的快艇在靠近这个共产主义岛国北岸附近航行时，岛上有人员丧生。
佛罗里达州共和党众议员卡洛斯·希门尼斯（Carlos Gimenez）首先表示，古巴内政部报告称，他们与一艘挂有佛罗里达牌照的快艇发生对峙，并声称船上人员先开火。
佛罗里达州总检察长詹姆斯·乌斯迈尔（James Uthmeier）告诉福克斯新闻数字版，他的办公室目前正在调查这一情况，并补充说哈瓦那不是一个诚实的邻居。
“我已指示全州起诉办公室与我们的联邦、州和执法部门合作伙伴合作，开始调查，”乌斯迈尔在一份声明中说。
“古巴政府不可信，我们将尽一切努力追究这些共产党人的责任。”
古巴政府声称，周二上午，在距离比亚克拉拉省附近费尔南多角的埃尔皮诺航道一海里范围内，发现一艘“违规快艇”。
该地区距离佛罗里达礁群度假小镇马拉松市正南方向也相对较近。
古巴方面称，当五名边防人员靠近要求美国人表明身份时，快艇上的人员开火。
“作为对峙的结果，截至本报告发布时，外国船只上的四名袭击者被击毙，六人受伤。伤者已被撤离并得到医疗救助，”古巴政府声称。
“[国家]国防是古巴国家维护主权和确保该地区稳定的基本支柱。”
当被要求置评时，美国国土安全部官员将福克斯新闻数字版的询问引导至国务院。
国务卿马尔科·卢比奥（Marco Rubio）周二已经在加勒比地区，访问了圣基茨和尼维斯的巴斯特尔官员。
唯一出生于古巴的国会议员、对该国现政权直言不讳的批评者希门尼斯告诉福克斯新闻数字版，迪亚斯-卡内尔政权“必须因其对人类犯下的无数罪行而被扫进历史的垃圾桶。”
希门尼斯表示，他已要求他的迈阿密同乡卢比奥提供更多细节，并呼吁对这场交火事件给予应有的全面联邦关注。
陪同卢比奥的新闻团已经询问了这一情况。
寻求今年接替佛罗里达州州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯的那不勒斯共和党人拜伦·唐兹（Byron Donalds）告诉福克斯新闻数字版，“应该对这一令人不安的事件进行全面调查——底线是，共产党古巴政权必须下台。”
唐兹还表示，卡斯特罗和迪亚斯-卡内尔政权“已经摧毁了古巴人民两代人、现在是第三代人的自由。他们早就该下台了。”
代表迈阿密大量古巴裔美国人聚居区（如卡勒奥乔）的佛罗里达州共和党众议员玛丽亚·埃尔维拉·萨拉萨尔（Maria Elvira Salazar）在一份声明中表示，她也在“密切关注古巴政权部队向一艘在佛罗里达注册的快艇开火的报道。”
“这是一个不断发展的局势，我正在等待美国当局的官方信息，”萨拉萨尔说，并补充说据报道有四人死亡，六人受伤。
佛罗里达州共和党参议员里克·斯科特（Rick Scott）要求“对这一令人高度关切的局势进行全面调查，以确定发生了什么。”
“共产党古巴政权必须被追究责任。”
据路透社报道，在古巴岛上持续的危机背景下，财政部周三表示将允许石油公司申请许可证，将委内瑞拉石油转售给古巴。
福克斯新闻数字版已联系德桑蒂斯政府和白宫寻求进一步置评。
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The State of Florida launched a full investigation into an announcement from the Cuban government that it killed several people aboard a U.S.-flagged speedboat operating close to the Communist island’s north shore on Tuesday.
Rep. Carlos Gimenez, R-Fla., first said the Cuban Interior Ministry reported confronting a speedboat with a Florida license number and claimed the occupants opened fire first.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier told Fox News Digital that his office is now looking into the situation, adding that Havana is not an honest neighbor.
“I’ve directed the Office of Statewide Prosecution to work with our federal, state, and law enforcement partners to begin an investigation,” Uthmeier said in a statement.
“The Cuban government cannot be trusted, and we will do everything in our power to hold these communists accountable.”
The Cuban government claimed that on Tuesday morning, a “violating speedboat” had been detected within one nautical-mile of Falcon Key’s El Pino channel, near Villa Clara.
The area also lies a relatively short distance due south of the Florida Keys resort town of Marathon.
The Cubans claimed that when five Border Guardsmen approached to make the Americans identify themselves, the speedboat’s crew fired shots.
“As a consequence of the confrontation, as of the time of this report, four aggressors on the foreign vessel were killed and six were injured. The injured individuals were evacuated and received medical assistance,” the Cuban government claimed.
“[N]ational defense is a fundamental pillar of the Cuban State in safeguarding its sovereignty and ensuring stability in the region.”
When reached for comment, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security official directed Fox News Digital to the State Department.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio was already in the Caribbean region on Tuesday, visiting with officials in Basseterre, St. Kitts.
Gimenez, the only Cuban-born member of Congress and a vocal critic of that country’s current dictatorship, told Fox News Digital that the Diaz-Canel regime “must be relegated to the dustbin of history for its countless crimes against humanity.”
Gimenez said he has asked his fellow Miamian, Rubio, for more details and called for the firefight to receive the full federal attention it deserves.
The press pool traveling with Rubio has inquired about the situation.
Rep. Byron Donalds, the Naples Republican seeking to succeed Gov. Ron DeSantis this year, told Fox News Digital there “should be a full investigation into this troubling matter – The bottom line is that the Communist Cuban regime must go.”
Donalds separately said the Castro and Diaz-Canel regime has, “destroyed the liberty of the Cuban people for two generations; going on a third. They needed to go long ago.”
Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar, R-Fla., who represents heavily Cuban American parts of Miami like Calle Ocho, said in a statement she is also “following very closely the reports that Cuban regime forces opened fire on a speedboat registered in Florida.”
“This is a developing situation and I am awaiting official information from the U.S. authorities,” Salazar said, adding that four people are reportedly dead and six wounded.
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., demanded a “full investigation into this deeply concerning situation and to determine what happened.”
“The Communist Cuban regime must be held accountable.”
The news came as the Treasury Department signaled Wednesday that it would allow oil companies to apply for licenses to resell Venezuelan oil to Cuba amid the ongoing crisis on the island, according to Reuters.
Fox News Digital reached out to the DeSantis administration and the White House for further comment.
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