SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- The United States Coast Guard (USCG) rescued this Friday, August 9, a migrant who was riding a water bike near Cayo Sal.
According to wrote In X the USCG, The crew of the cutter Maple transported the man to the Bahamas, after intercepting him six miles southwest of Cay Sal, northeast of Varadero.
The Cuban had been detected by an air and sea crew, the agency reported.
The Coast Guard has warned that tropical storms can pose a significant risk to illegal maritime migration.
#DontTakeToTheSea @USCG Cutter Maple crew transferred 1 migrant to the Bahamas, Fri., following an interdiction 6 miles southwest of Cay Sal after it was detected by a @CBPAMO aircrew. Tropical storms can be a significant risk to illegal maritime migration. #DontTakeRisks pic.twitter.com/dJP01uiqzU
— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) August 9, 2024
This is not the first time that Cubans have tried to cross the Straits of Florida. water bikes.
In 2022, three men arrived in Florida on one of these boats and were subsequently deported to the Island.
Migratory wave
Last week, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) repatriated a group of 34 rafters Cubans who were intercepted in the maritime vicinity of the Florida Keys.
In a release In a statement issued on its official website, the USCG said the crew of the Cutter Charles David Jr. repatriated 34 immigrants to Cuba, following an interception near Marathon.
The 26 men, seven women and a girl had left the country illegally by sea. They were returned to the Cuban authorities in the port of Orozco, in Bahía Honda, Artemisa, said a statement from the Ministry of the Interior (MININT).
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sycamore had alerted Sector Key West watchstanders to the presence of a migrant boat Monday about 34 miles southeast of Boot Key. Crews from the Sycamore, Charles David Jr. and Station Marathon intercepted the boat and transferred the migrants to the Cutter Charles David Jr.
In an unprecedented migratory exodus, Cubans are taking advantage of various ways to escape the country. Meanwhile, repatriations by sea or air continue unabated. Amid a context of food shortages, medical supplies and a serious inflationary crisis, many residents of the largest of the Antilles risk their lives to reach the United States.
Despite the current migration crisis, which has seen nearly half a million Cubans enter the United States in the past three years, the program of words humanitarian launched by the Biden Administration has helped to slow the flow of rafters.
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