Police pick up panhandlers

Police pick up panhandlers

RANCHUELO, Cuba, November 24 (Félix Reyes Gutiérrez, Cubanacán Press /
www.cubanet.org) – Early in the morning of November 18, police picked up
panhandlers and other homeless denizens of Havana's La Coubre bus
terminal, according to a traveler who was present.
Niurka Reyes said she was getting ready to travel to Villa Clara when
about ten police came into the station along with an official from the
Public Health department and loaded all the panhandlers into patrol cars.
A little later more police came and woke up about 20 homeless who were
sleeping in several corners of the station and loaded them onto a bus.
The destitute from Havana were interned at the La Colina rehabilitation
center in Boyeros and those from the provinces were sent back to their
place of origin.

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