Uthmeier said he had ordered the state attorney's office to open an investigation into the incident. “The Cuban government cannot be trusted and we will do everything in our power to hold the communists accountable,” he said.
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Florida House of Representatives member Carlos Gimenez called for an immediate investigation into “this massacre.” “United States authorities must determine whether any of the victims were U.S. citizens or legal residents and establish exactly what happened,” he said.
Another Republican from Florida, Senator Rick Scott, also called for a “full investigation into this extremely disturbing situation” and called for the “Cuban communist regime” to be held accountable.
As the embassy reported in an entry on the The Cuban border guards allegedly detected a Florida-registered motorboat violating territorial waters, which then fired shots at the guards' boat, injuring the commander of the Cuban vessel.
The incident occurred against the backdrop of increasing tensions between the US and Cuba amid the blockade of the island and US pressure to change the regime in Cuba.
