Raonel Valdez - last night we showed you how he was taken away to Florida - at the very minute that the Immigration Minister Godwin Hulse was saying that his future was in the hands of the Cuban government - and he would remain in jail until they decided. So what went wrong? Did the Immigration Department go behind the Minister's back?
Hulse says they didn't. Here's what happened. He explained that indeed that Valdez requested to be turned over to the United States. His country of origin Cuba had no interest in him - as is its standard policy for any citizen who has left the island for the United States. So, Valdez, who had paid his fine for entering Belize illegally was free to choose.
Hulse says he didn't know things had reached that point - but the protocol he explained does engender the detained person's freedom to choose their next destination.
And while it may seem odd that Valdez would have requested to go to Florida where he faces very serious charges of orchestrating a large gold heist - there may be something to it. Reports from Florida say that his case may be strengthened because the man he allegedly robbed of two suitcases full of gold flakes has passed away.
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