Ten Cuban migrants taken into custody
Ten Cuban nationals were taken into federal custody Tuesday morning after they made landfall on a homemade vessel called a chug in Marathon.
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Ten Cuban nationals were taken into federal custody Tuesday morning after they made landfall on a homemade vessel called a chug in Marathon.
A group of 10 men from Cuba were taken into custody Tuesday when the arrived on a makeshift, wooden vessel to Marathon, Florida. The migrants are expected to be deported to Cuba.
The 33 migrants were taken back to Cuba Thursday aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr., the agency announced.
Another group of Haitian migrants has made its way through the Florida Straits for the third time in many months.
Cuban migrants continue to make the perilous journey across the Florida Straits in large numbers as the economic and political situation in that island country continues to deteriorate.