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09-21-2006, 07:59 PM #1
Sixteen Cuban migrants land at Marquesas Key; one found dead
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Posted on Thu, Sep. 21, 2006
Sixteen Cuban migrants land at Marquesas Key; one found dead
dadenews@MiamiHerald.com
The U.S. Coast Guard recovered the body of a Cuban migrant from waters off Marquesas Keys on Wednesday shortly after intercepting 16 other migrants who made it to land.
The Coast Guard dispatched a cutter and a rescue vessel to the area after getting a report that migrants were approaching in a ''rustic'' vessel, officials said.
Sixteen migrants were ''dry-footed,'' meaning they would be allowed to remain in the United States under the wet-foot/dry-foot policy.
The decade-old policy allows undocumented Cuban migrants who reach U.S. shores to stay here. Those caught at sea are routinely returned to Cuba, although a few have been allowed to enter the United States for medical or investigative reasons.
Coast Guard officials learned of the missing migrant from the other migrants interviewed Wednesday at Marquesas Key and dispatched the cutter Matagordas, a rescue vessel and a helicopter, along with an Alabama National Guard airplane, to search the area. The man's body was spotted at 4:45 p.m.
The Monroe County Medical Examiner's office will perform an autopsy.
The other migrants were transferred to Border Patrol officials in Marathon, where they will be processed and released to relatives.Support our FIGHT AGAINST illegal immigration & Amnesty by joining our E-mail Alerts at http://eepurl.com/cktGTn
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09-21-2006, 11:16 PM #2The Coast Guard dispatched a cutter and a rescue vessel to the area after getting a report that migrants were approaching in a ''rustic'' vessel, officials said.
Sixteen migrants were ''dry-footed,'' meaning they would be allowed to remain in the United States under the wet-foot/dry-foot policy."The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" ** Edmund Burke**
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