Cuba charges six exiles with terrorism in wake of deadly speedboat attack

Cache of weapons that Cuban authorities allege were recovered from a US-registered speedboat that was involved in a shootout in Cuban waters. Photograph: Ramón Espinosa/AP

Cuban prosecutors have formally charged six people with crimes of terrorism after a US-flagged speedboat was involved in a deadly shootout with Cuba’s coast guard last week.

The US-based Cuban defendants are accused of packing a boat with weapons and heading toward Cuba in hopes of destabilising the government in Havana.