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Cubans: “We Want Free”
posted (December 2, 2015)
Last night we told you about the plight of the 30 plus Cubans who are stuck in jail in Belize. Their own country doesn't want them back, while Belize says it has no way to normalize their illegal entry – so they are stuck in a sort of legal limbo – friends of no nation. Today we got a call from one of the Cubans in jail at Hattieivlle. He told us that they are 33 in total, 4 women and 29 men and that they have been locked up for about 6 months. They called us from prison today and explained that they are victims of human traffickers who tricked and lied to them. The trafficker told them he would provide transport to Mexico, but he brought them to Belize instead. Now, they are begging the government of Belize for a pardon or some pass...something that allows them to be released because they do not want to go back to Cuba. They say they sold everything in Cuba, and have nothing back there now. They says they just left because they want a chance at a better life.

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