CIENFUEGOS, May 1 (Sunset Nogueras Rofes) - Four American tourists, three
men and a woman, were arrested April 25 in Cienfuegos by officials of the Cuban
Immigration Department.
Two Immigration officials said the four had been detained because they didn’t
have the proper documents. However, a few hours before their arrest, the
tourists had registered at the La Unión hotel, which customarily requires
tourists to identify themselves.
Residents presume the tourists were arrested because they had been handing
out medicines, school materials and toiletries as they made their way through
the "Punta Cotica" neighborhood of the city, attracting a large number
of people.
The Immigration officials said the four Americans had only been held for a
short while
for a "routine procedure" and "some conversation." They
said they had not confiscated the tourists’ film or videotape. The
officials, however, expressed disgust with the residents’ avidity for the
materials the Americans had been distributing.
The Americans presumably left the province on April 27. The Immigration
officials said they did not know their names.
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