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US returns four fleeing Cubans and stolen boat
Aug 4, 2010, 21:54 GMT
Havana - Four Cuban citizens who stole a boat to leave the communist island were intercepted by US authorities and sent back, Cuban authorities said Wednesday.
The Cuban Interior Ministry said the operation was 'the result of an exchange of information between Cuba's Border Patrol Troops and the United States' Coast Guard service.'
In a statement published by the Cuban Communist Party daily Granma on Wednesday, the ministry said two of the Cubans involved in the incident used to work as guards at a naval base near Havana. There, they used violence to steal the boat, Comodoro, in order 'to leave the country illegally for the United States.'
Many Cubans attempt to leave the communist island for its neighbour, the United States. In line with what has come to be known as the 'wet feet, dry feet policy,' the United States sends back those the Coast Guard intercepts at sea and allows those who make it to the shore to stay in its territory.
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