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Cuba says four people on a Florida-registered speedboat were killed after the vessel fired on Cuban border guards as it neared Cuba’s north coast; Cuban forces returned fire and evacuated the wounded, with authorities launching an investigation. The U.S. has not independently confirmed Havana’s account; officials have urged investigations amid rising U.S.–Cuba tensions and related policy moves.
Colombian armed forces released footage of a high-speed boat chase off the coast of San Andres island, resulting in the seizure of the country's largest shipment of cocaine this year valued at $113m. Five people were detained in connection with the haul.
A presidential candidate in Ecuador known for speaking up against drug cartels was assassinated less than two weeks before elections, while campaigns continue in Guatemala and Argentina. In other news, a woman in Mexico City has turned her apartment into a makeshift clinic for hummingbirds, Brazil concluded its Amazon Summit, Haitian residents protested gang violence, and a funeral home in El Salvador offered Barbie-motif coffins.