An incident related to human traffic occurred in the north of the municipality of Bahía Honda, in the western Cuban province of Sagebrushleft a balance of five people deceased, including a minor.
A informative note published on the website Ministry of the Interior (Minint) indicates that a speedboat from the United States, violating the territorial sea of Cuba in a human trafficking operation, sank in the aforementioned place after colliding with a surface unit of Border Guard Troops during your identification.
“As a result of the collision, the offending boat turned, and two other surface units of Border Guard Troops were immediately dispatched, which joined the search and rescue actions of those traveling on board the naval medium,” the statement added.
The text specifies that as a result of these efforts, 23 people were rescued, including the bodies of those who lost their lives in the incident.
The Minint assures that the competent Cuban authorities carry out the pertinent investigative actions for the total clarification of this painful fact.
The Cuban internal security body points to the “hostile and cruel policy of the United States government against Cuba” as the cause of this new event that leaves fatalities.
In addition, it questions the US administration, “which tolerates and encourages illegal departures from Cuba by allowing irregular migrants to remain in its territory.”
“By keeping the Cuban Adjustment Act Illegal exits are encouraged, which in turn is taken advantage of by unscrupulous elements based in that country, who profit without noticing the risk that these activities represent, “adds the note.
Cuba is experiencing a serious economic crisis, exacerbated in recent times by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the sanctions imposed by the United States, and the scant effect of the measures adopted by the current government of the Island to overcome the complex situation. .
This scenario has driven to unprecedented levels a massive exodus of Cubans abroad, which according to the most up-to-date figures from the US Department of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has registered the arrival of 224,607 Cubans to that country from October 2021 to September 2022.
The same report indicates that from October 1 to date they have already captured a total of 921 Cubans. The figure for fiscal year 2022 closed at 6,182, according to data handled by various international media.
This is not the first event of this type to occur this year, as another collision occurred last March between a boat of the Border Guard Troops and a speedboat that was involved in an illegal exit in the north of the province of Ciego de Ávila, left the balance of a deceased person.
The fatal event occurs a few days after a Cuban pilot diverted to Florida and a small plane dedicated to fumigation work landed at an airport in the area, which was considered by the Cuban government as a “violation of Cuban airspace, operational safety and aviation regulations.”
The recent incident, marked by the collision of two boats that left fatalities, also recalls what happened with the tugboat March 13, which in an attempt to leave the country illegally was intercepted by similar boats manned by government sympathizers, and ended sunk after leaving Havana Bay.
In that incident, which occurred on July 13, 1994, 41 people who were aboard the sunken tugboat died, including several minors.
