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The Ministry of the Interior (MININT) of Cuba published in the official newspaper Granma a notice of the confiscation of a fast boat of Bahamian nationality found on the northern coast of the province of Camagüey.
The vessel, named Bombay= 2 with registration number NP-36460, was found on November 23, 2025 in the area known as Cayo Los Machos, Esmeralda municipality, with no crew members or identified owner in the official notice.
The seizure was formalized through Resolution No. 01/2026 from the Head of the National Department of Port Captains, dated March 23, 2026, which is to say, four months after the discovery.
According to the published technical description, the boat has a fiberglass hull in white and blue, a length of 5.20 meters, a beam of 2.10 meters, and a draft of 0.47 meters. It was equipped with two nickel cleats, two nickel handrails, and a base for an antenna.
The Cuban regime supports confiscation in the FOURTH resolve of Resolution No. 1/2015 from the Minister of the Interior, which regulates the procedures for appropriating, in favor of the state, vessels found in Cuban waters.
The notice states that "those affected by the aforementioned resolution may file a written claim before the Head of the Border Guard Troops Directorate for the violated rights, within a period of 20 calendar days, starting from the publication in a national circulation newspaper."
Cayo Los Machos is located on the northern coast of the Esmeralda municipality, in the vicinity of the Jigüey and La Gloria bays, within the maritime corridor that connects northern Cuba with the Bahamas and southern Florida, a route frequently used for irregular migratory crossings.
The discovery of a Bahamian-flagged speedboat in that area, with no crew or identified owner, is consistent with the pattern of abandoned vessels or those used in clandestine migration operations.
This type of confiscation is common in Cuba.
In May 2025, the MININT seized a jet ski with a U.S. registration found in Nuevitas, also in Camagüey, and in December 2024 confiscated another unnamed vessel in Estero Los Negros, in the municipality of Esmeralda, the same area where the Bahamian boat was found.
Similarly, in November 2024, the regime also confiscated a motor sailboat of U.S. nationality found in the municipality of Cárdenas, province of Matanzas, applying the same regulations from 2015.
In all documented cases, the procedure is identical: maritime discovery, technical identification, resolution from the Port Authorities, publication in state media, and a period of 20 days for owners to file a claim with the Border Guard Troops of MININT, a mechanism that is practically difficult for foreign citizens whose property is left in the hands of the Cuban state.
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