Cuba’s deputy foreign minister says the island’s government is communicating with American officials following the fatal shooting of a U.S. boat in Cuban waters.

Cuba has accused 10 people aboard a US-registered speedboat it intercepted off its coast on Wednesday of planning "an infiltration with terrorist aims". Border guards shot dead four people and injured the other six on the boat, the Cuban interior ministry said, alleging that those on the Florida-registered vessel had fired first.

Michael Ortega Casanova is one of four people who were killed after people aboard a U.S.-registered speedboat allegedly opened fire on Cuba's border patrol.

Sanchez was accused of involvement in a plot against a municipal court and a Communist Party organization in Havana, and Cruz was suspected of arms trafficking in a purported attack on a military unit in Matanzas. Both are aged 47 and Cuba-born ⁠U.S. residents, according to a report filed with Cuba's official gazette.

A tanker believed to be carrying Russian oil to fuel-starved Cuba diverted away, a move that’s likely to worsen shortages on the Caribbean island.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio commented on the shootout between Cuban soldiers and a U.S.-identified boat off the coast of the island this week, and warned that he is not going to speculate about what happened until the U.

Historical conflicts between the US and Cuba span six decades and include Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Cuba is set to play against Puerto Rico, Colombia, Panama and Canada in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during pool play of the WBC, which is scheduled from March 5 until March 17.