Concerns grow among Cubans in the US over a possible increase in the deportation of migrants with the I-220B form
14ymedio, Havana, July 15, 2024 — Two Cuban rafters, whose boat was shipwrecked 80 nautical miles north of Isla Mujeres, were rescued this Saturday by the Mexican Navy. According to the local media Cambio 22, they were found by Uxmal PC-335 coastal patrol personnel on “a table on top of several drums,” which kept them afloat for hours.
The Cubans, whose identity was reserved, were detected by the Regional Captaincy of Puerto de Juárez, which notified the Ninth Naval Region for the implementation of the rescue operation. After providing them with medical assistance, they were handed over to the National Institute of Migration.
The authorities are investigating the rafters’ version of the breakdown of the raft on which they made the crossing. This Sunday they will carry out an inspection in the area where the migrants were located.
Last May, four Cubans — Yurieski Romero Hernández, Mario Sergio Márquez Ventura, Rogelio Loaces Fuentes and Diosan Lazo Loaces — who spent 34 days adrift on the high seas, received a residence card for humanitarian reasons.
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