Bad weather would have frustrated the crossing, causing the shipwreck and disappearance of the Cuban rafters.
LIMA, Peru – An illegal departure from Cuba has resulted in tragedy this week after a group of young people left on rafts from Niquero, Granma province, bound for Jamaica.
The news of the tragedy, which began to circulate due to a report by the independent journalist Yosmany Mayetahas been expanded by several news sites, including La Tijera News and testimonies from family members offered to Child reporting a crime.
The Cuban regime has not yet commented on the incident, while preliminary reports point to the departure of more than twenty people from the coasts of Granma. Of the total, only a few would have managed to reach Jamaica.
A video of the journey shows the moment when the young people were rowing on the high seas. The images show at least four precarious boats, although an audio published by Mayeta indicates that there were seven.
Bad weather would have frustrated the route, causing the shipwreck and the disappearance of the rafters. There are more than a dozen Cubans whose whereabouts are unknown.
“Relatives of the missing have maintained communication with local Jamaican authorities, who have carried out tracking and searches in nearby waters,” highlights the latest Nio update reporting a crime.
For his part, Yariennis Guevara Tamayo, a relative of several of the rafters, told Cibercuba that the young people left last Sunday from the area known as Palma de la Cruz, in the Granma municipality of Niquero, bound for Montego Bay (Jamaica).
“There is the video that I sent them, where their boat turned. Those who were nearby say that they stayed next to the boat, that was at three or four in the afternoon on Tuesday. But nothing else has been known,” said Guevara.
Numerous groups of Cubans try to cross the sea to escape the harsh conditions of life on the Island. In the midst of a context of shortages of food, medical supplies and a serious inflationary crisis, many residents of the largest of the Antilles risk their lives to reach the United States mainly, but also other destinations.
