Twenty-five Cuban migrants have been repatriated by the crew of a Key West based Coast Guard cutter.
The base was alerted on Aug. 2 to a boat just south of Key West with 20 migrants. On Sunday, another five migrants were found 70 miles southwest of the Marquesas.
Both groups were repatriated Thursday to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, on the cutter Key Biscayne.
Sarkis Yacoubian says he will plead guilty to one charge, but that he’s innocent of other corruption charges
Seven Cuban migrants have been returned to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, after arriving off the Keys.
Cubans appear to be growing more optimistic about ruler Raul Castro’s economic reforms and large majorities favor direct elections of their president but say the government is repressive, according to a poll made public Thursday.
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