Last week, the Coast Guard detained dozens of immigrants who were crammed into a boat.
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This weekend, the Border Patrol agents detained at least 187 Cuban migrants who arrived in the Florida Keysseveral of them arrived this Sunday, according to the authorities.
These cases are added to the dozens of people who have been intercepted by the Coast Guard, coming from Haiti, as shown in a video that that agency released these days.
Walter N. Slosar, head of the Border Patrol in Miami, shared on Twitter the images of some boats where Cuban immigrants were intercepted this weekend.
For its part, the Miami Herald newspaper reported that the largest landing was that of a group of 51 Cubans who arrived this morning at the buoy located in the south of the state, in Key West, citing Adam Hoffner, division chief, as a source. US Customs and Border Protection Miami Operations Office.
Slosar published on Twitter some photographs of precarious boats in which the Cubans, as detailed, arrived at the US coasts in the 10 landings.
For now it is unknown if children were traveling on said boatsas is often the case on some occasions, and the health status of the migrants has not been reported either.
The arrest of these 187 Cubans occurs three days after the border authorities detained another 19 Cubans, after they arrived at Marathon Key, one of the islets of the tourist Keys in South Florida.
It’s a statement, The US Coast Guard reported this Friday the repatriation of 36 Cubans last Tuesdayafter several interdictions on the Florida coast.
It is “the year that our forces have significantly increased our patrols with the intention of finding people in danger and rescuing migrants from dangerous and extremely overloaded vessels,” said Capt. Robert Kinsey, of the 7th US Coast Guard district.
According to the most recent figures provided by the federal entity, since October 1, 2021, the date on which the current fiscal year began, Coast Guard crews intercepted 3,963 Cubanscompared to the 838 intercepted in the previous fiscal year.
With information from EFE