A truck driver who fell into an “obsessive and diabolical quest” for Cuba’s freedom was one of the four passengers killed on the Florida-registered speedboat that allegedly infiltrated its waters and was shot at by the country’s border guards.

Michel Ortega Casanova “became so obsessed” with the plot that he and the three others killed on the stolen vessel “didn’t think about the consequences nor their own lives,” according to his brother, Misael.

Casanova was one of seven suspects identified in the incident, with Cuba claiming at least three others were to anti-regime movements that its spies were tracking.

Misael, who spoke about how Cubans had endured “great suffering,” said his family was in the dark about the operation, which Caribbean authorities defined as an attempt to infiltrate the country for “terrorist ends.”

“No one knew,” Misael told the Associated Press on Wednesday. “My mother is devastated.”

Casanova had lived in the US for more than 20 years and leaves behind his mom, two sisters — one of whom still lives in Cuba — and a pregnant daughter.

On top of the four killed, six people were injured in the shootout, and the boat held assault rifles, handguns and Molotov cocktails, according to the Cuban authorities. 

Along with Casanova, who was the only one of the deceased named as of Thursday, officials have also identified: 

Three other suspects who were arrested during the incident have yet to be publicly named. 

González and Gómez were identified by Cuban authorities as two of the people on board who were wanted for “the promotion, planning, organization, financing support or commission” of terrorism.

Galindo has been a long-time critic of Havana, with the protester interviewed last year by the US-based news site Marti Noticias, which hailed him as “a legend” and former political prisoner. 

During the June interview, Galindo said he wanted to directly support the struggles facing Cuba to “achieve the freedom that is needed.” 

He boasted that the Cuban government was quickly losing power and that the protests at the time were “not a spark that’s going to be extinguished.”

“The regime’s leaders are crisscrossing Cuba, trying to mitigate what’s coming very soon because … they know they’re out of power, that they can’t do anything about it, and they’re looking for ways to prevent the protests from growing in other parts of the country,” Galindo told the outlet. 

Duniel Hernández Santos was also arrested by the Cuban authorities, who claimed he had been sent from the US to “guarantee the reception of the armed infiltration.” It’s unclear if he was on board the boat.

Despite being named by the Cuban government as one of the people injured and arrested in the shoot out, Azcorra Consuegra denied any involvement as he called in from southern Florida, NBC Miami reported. 

 Azcorra Consuegra said he did not know about any plot to go to Cuba, but said he was well known by Havana and mocked officials who claim he is being detained. 

“They know me. They know me well, they know it all,” he told the Florida outlet.  

Havana’s claims against the men could not be independently verified. 

A probe into the Pro-Line vessel theft has been launched — and FBI agents have already quizzed the boat’s owner.

The boat, built in 1981, was docked in a Florida Keys marina before it vanished, according to ABC News.

The vessel’s owner is not being treated as a suspect.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said he wants to verify the facts, and the shootout is being investigated by the Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security.

“The majority of the facts being publicly reported are those by the information provided by the Cubans,” he told reporters in St. Kitts.

“We will verify that independently as we gather more information, and we’ll be prepared to respond accordingly.

“We’re going to have our own information on this. We’re going to figure out exactly what happened.”

James Uthmeier, the Florida attorney general, blasted the Cuban regime as he called for an investigation.

“The Cuban government cannot be trusted, and we will do everything in our power to hold these Communists accountable,” he said.

Florida lawmaker Carlos A. Gimenez called for the Cuban regime to be “relegated to the dust bin of history.”

In justifying its response, Havana has claimed it was “safeguarding its sovereignty.” 

With Post wires