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General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on December 17, 2016, 02:55:33 am
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41 Cubans Fleeing Castro Dictatorship Land in Boat in Key Largo
By: Ysol Delgado - Dec 16, 2016, 11:34 am
On Tuesday, a group of 41 Cuban rafters arrived to Cayo Marquesas about 20 miles from Key West.
A total of 30 men, 10 women and a minor formed this “team,” which said that they left Cojímar, east of Havana, on Monday, December 12. According to the US Border Patrol, the Cubans embarked on a single-engine fishing boat.
All the immigrants were reportedly in good health and were transferred to the CBP Station in Marathon, where they were processed and sent to the World Service of Churches.
In a statement, CBP officials said the US Coast Guard was informed last Tuesday of “a maritime smuggling event involving 41 Cubans who landed in the Marquesas Keys in Florida.”
Continued: https://panampost.com/ysol-delgado/2016/12/16/41-cubans-fleeing-castro-dictatorship-land-in-boat-in-key-largo/