There have been lots of articles about alien smuggling from
It paints a horrible picture, with smugglers putting 30 people aboard boats designed for ten, and dropping the Cubans on New Year’s Eve on a sandbar so they could make their way to
This incident was mentioned in an article published last month by Coast Guard’s district commander in Sun Sentinel. The article is a plea to Cuban Americans to cease paying smugglers and to have their relatives in
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Good article. Gives insights into both perspectives. Refreshing to hear something outside of the propoganda machines in Cuba and Miami.
I'm not buying the Cuban coast guard cooperation bit. Those boats that are reported by the Cubans are operators refusing to pay the "toll". I find it unlikely that foreign vessels can get in and out of a militarized country like Cuba that claims it's waiting for a US invasion without being detected. It's not like the US where there's tons of boat traffic.
Henry, I think that the Bush Administration would have ended the Coast Guard relationship about 7 years ago, and would have ended the practice (started by Clinton) of posting a US Coast Guard officer in the US Interests Section in Havana, if there were no benefit for us.
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