Cuban boat hijacked off Florida

A Cuban boat was hijacked today and was drifting in international waters about 60 miles off Key West, Florida, the FBI said.

It was the second hijacking from Cuba in as many days.

FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela said they had been told by the Cuban government that the 45 foot pleasure boat had between 15 to 20 people on board.

The FBI was sending hostage negotiators to the scene by helicopter, she said.

The hijacking came a day after a Cuban airliner was hijacked from the communist-ruled island to Key West by a man carrying fake hand grenades.

Last month, a group of six men hijacked another Cuban airliner to Key West.