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September 11, 2002



FROM CUBA

Hotel food theft still unsolved

CIEGO DE ÁVILA, September 9 (José Manuel Caraballo, APLA / www.cubanet.org) - Last week’s theft of hams, eggs, beef, and canned goods from the Sol Club Cayo Coco hotel is still under investigation by the Technical Investigations Department of the Ministry of the Interior.

Reportedly, there was no break-in and only three persons have keys to the cold room from where the items were stolen: the chef Lázaro Toca Agramonte, another chef, known only as Yayo, and a Spaniard named Carlos.

A reliable source whose identity cannot be revealed said that the theft is only one of many that have taken place at the hotel.

A hotel employee said: "In order to subtract a little piece of left-over ham, we have to jump through hoops, but the chiefs take food wholesale and nothing happens. I’m not saying it because of this incident, but because thefts are frequent here."

The Sol Club Cayo Coco hotel is a 270-room joint venture between the Sol Meliá Spanish hoteliers and the Cuban government, operated exclusively for foreign tourists and high government officials. The hotel is one of five operated by the consortium in the keys off the coast of Ciego de Ávila province; the others are Meliá Cayo Coco, Tryp Cayo Coco, Meliá Cayo Guillermo, and Sol Club Cayo Guillermo.


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