Service Coastguard This Friday, the United States completed the return to Cuba of 139 illegal migrants intercepted at sea, thus fulfilling the agreements between the two countries, according to media outlets on the island.
This maritime operation was divided into two stages: on this day, 40 migrants, of them eight women and 32 men. Before they had returned to 99, of which two are minors, according to a report on Cuban television reviewed by the agency Latin Press (PL).
#BreakingNews @USCG Cutter Pablo Valent’s crew repatriated 40 Cubans to #CubaThursday.
“As hurricane season progresses, these voyages will be even more treacherous.” – Lt. Travis Poulos.
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Both returns took place through the Orozco port, in the western province of Artemisa, and were carried out in accordance with internationally established health protocols, adds the media. The travellers, intercepted on the high seas when trying to arrive illegally at USAwere residents of Havana, Artemisa, Matanzas, Villa Clara and Granma.
Remember PL that with this group there are 627 people returned from May to date from the northern nation, which has been the one that has returned the most irregular Cuban migrants in 2022, with 1,473 people returned.
US Coast Guard reported, for its part, which this Friday transferred to the Bahamian authorities the custody of a group made up of 23 Cubans, after they were rescued in waters near that island.
According to the information, a Coast Guard service plane alerted last Sunday about the sighting of a rustic boat about 10 miles southwest of Cayo Elbow, Bahamasin which said migrants were travelling.
The note adds that since October 1, 2021, the crews of the US Coast Guard intercepted 2,146 Cubans, a figure notably higher than those reported in the fiscal years of 2020 (49 migrants) and 2021 (838) marked by the coronavirus pandemic. .
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Also on this day, 66 irregular migrants were returned from Mexico through the José Martí International Airport in Havana, specifies PL.
With this group, the number of people returned by the Aztec nation rises to 1,117, a territory from which a high number of Cubans continue or begin their route to reach the United States border, adds the source.
