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15 stranded Cuban migrants in the Florida Keys rescued, taken into custody, border patrol says

A group of 15 Cuban migrants made landfall in the Marquesas Keys, becoming stranded on the uninhabited island, U.S. Border Patrol said.
A group of 15 Cuban migrants made landfall in the Marquesas Keys, becoming stranded on the uninhabited island, U.S. Border Patrol said. U.S. Border Patrol

Another group of migrants land on the shores of the Florida Keys Saturday morning, and the 15 travelers were taken into custody, authorities said.

Aboard a rustic vessel, the Cuban migrants made landfall in the Marquesas Keys, an uninhabited island west of Key West, the U.S. Coast Guard Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar tweeted.

Slosar said the group became stranded and needed to be rescued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Miami Herald Cops and Breaking News Reporter Devoun Cetoute covers a plethora of Florida topics, from breaking news to crime patterns. He was on the breaking news team that won a Pulitzer Prize in 2022. He’s a graduate of the University of Florida, born and raised in Miami-Dade. Theme parks, movies and cars are on his mind in and out of the office.
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