A speedboat carrying 10 people exchanged gunfire with Cuban soldiers off the coast of the Caribbean island on Wednesday, killing four of the men aboard the vessel and injuring six others. In announcing the deadly encounter, the Cuban government released the names of seven of the 10 passengers on the Florida-registered speedboat. Among those listed was Roberto Azcorra Consuegra, who told NBC Miami he was surprised to see his name among those listed because he’s in the United States. It was not clear if the Roberto Azorra Consuegra identified by Cuban officials is a different person with the same name. Cuba said the men were Cubans living in the U.S. and accused them of trying to infiltrate the island to unleash terrorism. But Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated it was not a U.S. government operation. Rubio said he wasn’t “going to speculate” about the details of the case, but added that the American government was gathering its own information, including whether the people were U.S. citizens or permanent residents. “What’s important now is that my name is there, they say they have me detained and I’m here in the United States,” Azcorra Consuegra said in a video call with NBC6 on Wednesday. On Thursday, he granted an on-camera interview in Miami, where he confirmed that he did in fact know the other men involved. “I was active in Cuba, I’m a political activist,” he said in Spanish. “When I got here I also was active and that’s how I was connected [to them].” Azcorra Consuegra said he arrived to the U.S. in 2017 and is an asylee. He reiterated that he knows the men in person and that the news is difficult to hear. “I have pictures with them,” he said. Left to right: Leordan Enrique Cruz Gómez, a person who NBC6 is not identifying, Amijail Sánchez González and Roberto Azcorra Consuegra. Azcorra Consuegra denied knowledge of any plans to go to Cuba in his initial interview with NBC6. “They’ve given a real name, which is me, Roberto Azcorra Consuegra, but it’s not me physically,” he said as he showed his Florida ID. Asked why he believes the government would provide his name, he replied: “They know me. They know me well, they know it all.” NBC6 is also working to verify videos that appear to show military-style trainings taking place in South Florida, and whether they had any link to possible plans to go to the island. “We’re in the U.S. Here, whoever has residency and has permission to carry arms can train for whatever they want, for their personal workouts, for their defense, for whatever. From there, what they used it for, I don’t know what to tell you,” Azcorra Consuegra said. Cuban authorities have only identified one of the four men killed in the shooting on the water, Michel Ortega Casanova. Their list of the detained passengers includes Azcora Consuegra and: Amijail Sánchez González Leordan Enrique Cruz Gómez Conrado Galindo Sariol José Manuel Rodríguez Castelló Cristian Ernesto Acosta Guevara ...read more read less