Marnie Chesterton
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I wake up every day and I ask God, tell me why I'm here.
And what gives me strength is realising that no one else is going to look for them.
I realise it because no one is moving to search for the disappeared in Sinaloa.
And a mother will always look for her child.
All the information we know and have received has come from the Cuban government.
They said that their border guard troops detected a boat inside Cuban territorial waters.
When they approached the boat for identification, those on board opened fire, injuring one of their commanders, and so they fired back.
killing four people and injuring six others, who were then evacuated for medical treatment.
They've released more details to say that all those on board were Cubans living in the US.
Some of them had a known history of criminal and violent activity.
They have since detained some of them.
And when questioned, those detained said that they were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism.
Well, it's not irregular for Cuban Coast Guard vessels to intercept foreign or US-flagged boats like this one was.
This was registered to the US state of Florida.
Sometimes they may suspect that the people on board are smuggling items or picking up migrants or people attempting to reach the island or leave the island illegally.
But yes, we haven't received any recent reports of guards opening fire on people on board and people on board being killed.
The U.S.
Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, said that the U.S.
is going to investigate to find out what happened and will respond accordingly.
This is a very sensitive time for an incident like this to happen.