Coast Guard stops boat with 4 Cuban migrants
The Associated Press
MIAMI -- Authorities say four Cuban migrants have been sent back to Cuba
after a Coast Guard crew stopped their boat 70 miles south of Key West.
The Coast Guard said Wednesday that the migrants were traveling on a
19-foot go-fast boat with a suspected smuggler before being stopped. The
passengers were taken to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba. The suspected smuggler
was being held by customs agents in Key West.
The boat they were in had taken on water and later sank.
Experts have said that the number of Cubans attempting to cross the
Florida Straits has fallen by more than half.
Under U.S. law known as the "Wet-foot, Dry-foot" policy, Cubans stopped
at sea are usually sent back home, but Cubans who reach U.S. soil are
generally allowed to stay.
Coast Guard stops boat with 4 Cuban migrants - Florida AP -
MiamiHerald.com (15 October 2009)
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/AP/story/1283809.html
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