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Cuban doctor imprisoned
in Bahamas
NBC2
News, February
27, 2006.
CAPE CORAL - A Cuban doctor is being held
in the Bahamas after trying to flee from
Cuba to the U.S.
Marialys Darias-Mesa, and another doctor,
tried to escape Cuba by boat. The boat's
engine quit while they were in Cuban waters.
The U.S. Coats Guard recovered the boat
and brought the passengers to Nassau. The
two doctors have not yet been released into
U.S. custody even though they have the correct
paperwork to enter the country.
The doctors have been stuck in Cuba since
last April.
"It's not fair, for 10 months, she
is without me, her family, and she is in
a prison. Cuban prisons are hell. The water
is brown and rats are crawling around everywhere,"
said Darias-Mesa's husband Ihovany Hernandez
who currently resides in Cape Coral.
Fortunately, the U.S. government is trying
to help. Congressman Connie Mack is pressuring
the Bahamian government to release the doctors.
"We are tired of your games. You've
left us no choice. Congress must now consider
every available consequence unless you join
us in the cause of freedom," was the
message Mack sent to the Bahamian government
last week.
The government is still refusing to give
up the doctors to the U.S. or to Cuba.
Mack is trying to set up an economic embargo
on the Bahamian government.
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