reported 43 Cuban migrants were taken into custody early this Tuesday after arriving in the Florida Keys on a precarious wooden boat, in an attempt to seek a better life in the United States, according to a report published by the U.S. Border Patrol and Telemundo 51.
The migrants made landfall in Marathon Key’s Sombrero Beach, after traveling in a small boat that had a blue and white sign painted that read the word “Havana.”
“Earlier today, 43 Cuban migrants were taken into custody of the United States Border Patrol after making landfall in the Florida Keys,” Acting Chief Andrew Scharnweber reported on his X account from the U.S. Miami Sector. “The group of migrants arrived on a wooden fishing vessel at Sombrero Beach in Marathon. We appreciate the support from responding agencies.”
After the arrest, the group of Cubans was in the custody of the Border Patrol to be processed.
