Sun-Sentinel.com
1:14 PM EDT, October 11, 2007
MIAMI - The Coast Guard repatriated 41 Cuban migrants to Bahia de
Cabanas, Cuba, on Thursday who had been stopped at sea in five separate
incidents during the past week.
A helicopter from Air Station Miami located a loaded go-fast boat west
of Marquesas, Fla., Sunday, and a vessel from the Coast Guard station in
Key West sailed to stop the boat. Nine Cuban migrants and two suspected
smugglers were taken aboard, and the suspected smugglers were
transferred to officials in Key West on Monday.
The Coast Guard located and took aboard 10 Cuban migrants on Cosgrove
Shoal Light, four miles south of Marquesas, Sunday. On Friday, the Coast
Guard located a disabled go-fast vessel with 16 Cuban migrants and two
suspected smugglers 21 miles south of Marquesas, Friday. The go-fast
boat and suspected smugglers were turned over to Customs and Border
Protection agents in Key West.
Two Coast Guard cutters chased two go-fast vessels Oct. 4, 90 miles
northeast of Cozumel, Mexico, catching one 45 miles northeast of
Cozumel. On board the first vessel, which had been reported stolen by
the Collier County Sheriff's Office, were two suspected smugglers and
one Cuban migrant. The second go-fast boat was stopped and all aboard
taken into custody by the Mexican navy 20 miles northeast of Cozumel.
Meanwhile, a civilian took aboard seven Cuban migrants from an old boat
15 miles east of Islamorada on Oct. 3.
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