Montville couple frustrated by snag in attempt to deport daughter's killer
Cuban native Caridad Borges released after 21 years

By Karen Florin Published on 10/17/2009







If their daughter's killer came from a country other than Cuba, Julian and Johana Emilyta could be certain Caridad Borges would be deported.

A felony conviction is grounds for deportation of non-citizens from the United States, but because of this country's lack of diplomatic relations with Cuba, the parents of the late Elizabeth Ann Emilyta cannot be sure that the woman who fatally shot their daughter in the forehead in 1988 will be deported.

The Emilytas, who live in Oakdale, have been keeping track of Borges' whereabouts for the past 21 years. Borges spent the majority of that time at the Janet S. York Correctional Institution in Niantic. She was briefly transferred to a Florida prison in 1998 before being returned to Connecticut.

Now that Borges has completed her sentence, the Emilytas would like to see her removed from the country. Government officials have told them repeatedly that Borges might not be deported, since Cuban exiles, even those convicted of violent crimes, are rarely sent back.

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