Miami, FL – So, remember that Bay of Pigs thing? Yeah, well, turns out some folks in Miami haven't quite gotten over it. This week, a crew of heavily armed dudes hopped on a stolen speedboat and decided to take matters into their own hands, aiming to, uh, liberate Cuba? Spoiler alert: it didn't go so well.

The Cuban coast guard apparently wasn't too thrilled about these Floridian freedom fighters showing up uninvited. A shootout ensued, resulting in four dead and six wounded. Turns out, assault rifles and homemade explosives are frowned upon when crossing international borders, who knew?

Now, the usual suspects are chiming in. José Daniel Ferrer, a Cuban dissident, is all like, “Respect to the fallen heroes!” Meanwhile, the rest of us are scratching our heads, wondering if this is some kind of elaborate performance art piece. Seriously, who thought this was a good idea in 2026? Did they miss the memo about the internet and drones and, like, actual military strategy?

The whole thing reeks of boomer-tier adventurism. It's like these guys watched Miami Vice one too many times and decided to live out their fantasies. But hey, at least they provided us with some primo meme material. I mean, “speedboat liberation” practically writes itself. #BayOfPigs2 #CubanFreedom #Facepalm.

The details are predictably murky. The group consisted of at least two US citizens, a few permanent residents, and a smattering of visa holders – basically, the Island of Misfit Toys of anti-Castro activism. They apparently gathered from all over Florida, united by a shared delusion that they could single-handedly overthrow a communist regime with a stolen speedboat. Bless their hearts.

And the containers with “counter-revolutionary symbols”? Please. Probably just some leftover Che Guevara t-shirts they bought ironically at a Hot Topic in 2008. The whole operation screams “half-baked plan hatched over too many mojitos.”

The best part? One of the deceased was a member of the “Casa Cuba de Tampa expat group and the city’s chapter of the Cuban Republican party.” Because of course he was. It's always the most predictable people getting involved in the most ridiculous schemes.

So, what's the takeaway from this whole fiasco? Well, besides the obvious “don't try to invade Cuba with a stolen speedboat,” it's a reminder that some people are just terminally stuck in the past. They're living in a world of Cold War fantasies and outdated ideologies. And occasionally, they decide to act on those fantasies, resulting in spectacular and meme-worthy failures.