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FROM
CUBA
Eight youths seek to leave Cuba on a homemade
raft
HAVANA, March 15 (Leonel Pérez
Belette / www.cubanet.org) - On March 2
eight young dissidents left Cuba on a home-made
raft. Three are back in Cuba, one's body
was picked up by a fisherman and four others
are missing sea.
The eight belonged to such anti-government
organizations as Plantados hasta la Democracia
and the Comisión Nacional Cuba.
After being overturned several times by
the high waves, the raft split in two. Lost
were oars, food and water.
According to survivor Omar Bustamante,
who was making his tenth attempt at reaching
the United States, he and two others clung
to one half and five to the other half.
Bustamante, Risco Bidot and Julio Beltrán
were picked up by a fisherman and turned
over to border guards in Cuba.
The survivors suffered sun burns and were
taken for medical treatment, which Bustamante
refused. He was taken to police headquarters
for questioning.
Four Cubans were picked up at sea off Honduras
and might be the missing omnes.
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