The United States Border Patrol (USBP) rescued this Monday 19 rafters who were making the sea crossing to reach the northern country and took the opportunity to ask that this route of illegal entry into the country not be used.
The operation was carried out by agents from the Air and Maritime Operations (AMO) patrol, who intercepted an “improvised boat that was seriously overloaded and in danger.”
Although the identities of the occupants of the rustic boat were not specified, due to the characteristics it presents it is possible that it came from Cuba.
The entity assured that the 19 rafters were at the disposal of the Coast Guard. In addition, he described the journey as “dangerous” and “not recommended.”
The last friday, The United States Coast Guard (USCG) repatriated 16 Cuban rafters detained very close to the Florida Keys and whose arrival had gone viral on social networks.
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Despite calls not to make this type of journey, many Cubans continue to risk their lives in this way, in pursuit of achieving a future away from repression and scarcity on the Island.
He latest report of the Border Patrol points out that 20,815 Cubans arrived at the US borders in the second month of the yearwhile in January the figure was 22,946.
From them, 6,559 arrived by seadespite the tightening of credible fear interviews for rafters, the majority of whom are being repatriated to Cuba.
However, the number of people intercepted at sea, including the current 19, is 367, so far in the fiscal year that began on October 1, 2023.
