Family members from Florida claimed on February 26, 2026, at approximately 12:46 PM UTC that the boat involved in a shooting incident in Cuba was not a fast vessel but a stolen fishing boat. The statement addresses reports from the ongoing Cuba shooting case, as reported by CiberCuba. The family made the claim in a statement covered by CiberCuba on X (formerly Twitter) during the reporting window from 9:46 AM to 12:46 PM UTC. They specified the boat as a 'bote pesquero' or fishing boat that had been stolen, according to the source link provided in the post. No additional details on the exact timing of the family's statement within the three-hour window or further official confirmation from Cuban authorities were available in the new sources. The claim counters prior descriptions of the boat's speed.
