33
Cuban Migrants Repatriated
Coast Guard Intercepts Go-Fast Boat, Raft
Click10.com. News. Florida, August
27, 2003.
MIAMI -- The Coast Guard repatriated 33 Cubans
Wednesday.
The migrants were from two groups intercepted
by the Coast Guard; one Saturday, another Sunday.
Saturday evening, about 21 miles off Elbow Cay,
Bahamas, the Coast Guard intercepted an overloaded
25-foot go-fast boat carrying 31 migrants and
three suspected smugglers.
The suspected smugglers were detained and transferred
to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.
Sunday morning, two rafting migrants were intercepted
20 miles south of Islamorada.
The 33 migrants were transferred to a Coast Guard
cutter and taken to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba Thursday
morning.
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