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Cuba confirms two pilots escaped island in motorized hang glider in US

Two Cubans were detained on Saturday, March 25, at Key West International Airport (South Florida), where they arrived on board a trike. | Fountain: Pexels

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Two Cuban pilots escaped to the Florida Keys (USA) on a motorized hang glider, which served tourism on the eastern beaches Havanareported by the state media.

According to the State Aviation Club Cuba In a report compiled by these media, the pilots landed yesterday Saturday at Key West Airport, in South Florida, aboard a Trike-type ultralight aircraft with registration number CU-U-1619.

The club condemned the incident as “blatant violation of Cuban airspace” and “theft” of equipment, and called the pilots “deserters”.

In addition, it conveyed “its disagreement with such facts to the relevant international bodies” and asked that “sanctions appropriate to the seriousness of the case” be applied to those responsible for this incident and that the “stolen equipment” be returned.

Takeoff took place at 08:05 (12:05 GMT) from the north coast Havanain the residential area of ​​Tarara, specified in the note.

A motorized hang glider carrying two Cubans landed safely Saturday morning at Key West International Airport, one of the southernmost Florida Keys, less than 100 miles from Cuba.
A motorized hang glider carrying two Cubans landed safely Saturday morning at Key West International Airport, one of the southernmost Florida Keys, less than 100 miles from Cuba. | Fountain: Monroe County Sheriff’s Office

Cuban pilots could be deported

Two Cubans were arrested as soon as they set foot on the territory USA after flying in less than two hours and into the hands of the Border Patrol, and now they face deportation, according to media reports from Florida.

They recall that in October 2022, a Cuban pilot flew a Russian-made An-2 single-engine biplane from Sancti Spiritus (center Cuba) and landed at Dade Collier Training and Transit Airport (South Florida), he was detained, but the judge granted him asylum.

In fiscal year 2022 (October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022), 6,182 Cuban migrants were detained in Florida waters, compared to 838 in the previous financial period.

In addition, according to the US Customs and Border Protection, during the same period, another 224,607 migrants from the island arrived at the southern border with Mexico.

From last October to this fiscal year, the US Coast Guard intercepted 5,862 Cubans.

New humanitarian program

Since January of this year, Washington has a humanitarian program that allows beneficiaries to enter and work in the US for two years if they have a sponsor who is financially responsible for them. Up to 30,000 people from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba and Nicaragua can benefit from this initiative every month.

More than 10,000 Cubans have already taken advantage of the program this year, according to the US Embassy in Cuba.

In parallel, the United States is expelling illegal immigrants from those countries that are trying to illegally cross the southern border into their territory in Mexico.

Mexico, for its part, agreed to receive 30,000 migrants per month expelled from the United States. EFE

Source: RPP

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