Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, in a post on X, described the report published the previous day as a "new slanderous fabrication by @nytimes against #Cuba."

The foreign minister further stated that the newspaper's claims were made in service to the U.S. government, but that they "have absolutely no basis."

"There is no link or involvement whatsoever by the Cuban government in human trafficking operations in Central America or Mexico," the head of Cuban diplomacy stated categorically.

In his Wednesday post, the Cuban foreign minister acknowledged that discussions on the matter did in fact take place between 2022 and 2024.

Those bilateral talks between the Cuban and U.S. governments addressed migration issues and included the participation of senior officials from the State Department and the Department of Homeland Security.

"The Cuban delegation repeatedly warned about the existence of one or more operations trafficking Cubans into the U.S., coordinated from South Florida," the foreign minister said.

Rodríguez added that Cuba repeatedly recommended that U.S. authorities investigate the matter, but that "they never provided a response."