The United States Coast Guard returned four rafters intercepted on the high seas to the island on Tuesday. According to the Cuban Ministry of the Interior, among the people handed over by the US authorities at the port of Orozco, in Bahía Honda (Artemisa), is a Cuban on “probation”, who will be placed at the disposal of the corresponding courts for revocation. of said benefit, according to the official press.
Without identifying the rafters, cubadebate reported that the group left the country along the coast of Artemisa. So far this year, 4,034 people have been returned to the island in 91 operations, mainly from the United States.
Despite the fact that the US authorities have insisted that their border is not open to irregular arrivals and have deployed boats and aircraft to prevent the landing of rafters in Florida, the arrival of Cubans by sea has not stopped.
Without identifying the rafters, ‘Cubadebate’ reported that the group left the country along the coast of Artemisa
On July 6, the head of the US Border Patrol, Walter Slosar, documented the arrival of six Cubans on a raft near Marathon. These people were detained for their subsequent deportation. Two days earlier, in full celebration of Independence Day, the Coast Guard detained a group of 32 migrants that came to the Florida Keys.
Agent Joanna K. Hiigel, from the Operation Vigilant Sentry group, reiterated to the Cubans that the journey in rustic rafts is risky. She recalled the death of a Cuban who was traveling along with 14 others in an artisanal boat that, last week, drifted 16 nautical miles from Cayo Anguilla, in the Bahamas.
the ship I will bequeath transferred the 14 survivors to the Royal Bahamas Defense Force and the deceased person to a coroner’s office.
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