Cuban Woman Deported
The ending was not a
happy one for Yuderci
Abralantes García, the
Cuban woman who spent
the last two weeks
living in the Juan
Santamaría (San José)
airport terminal,
as the Sala
Constitucional ruled in
favour of immigration
officials, who
immediately deported
her.
The Cuban dissident had
taken to living in the
airport terminal for
fear of reprisals if she
returns to Cuba,
travelling to Costa Rica
on a TACA flight from La
Habana to San José,
seeking refuge from her
native country.
The court decision was
made known on Tuesday,
the magistrates deciding
to reject the action of
habeas corpus presented
by the woman.
The director of
Migración y Extranjería
confirmed that Yuderci
was deported on Tuesday
at 6:00pm after living
in the airport terminal
for fifteen days being
watched over by airline
officials.
The dream of the 30 year
old woman of living a
life in Costa Rica were
shattered with the
decision of the court
after landing in the
country on March 11.
Zamora said that the
woman had tried to enter
El Salvador with fake
documents - a false visa
and altered
identification, telling
immigration officials
there that she was Stacy
Gissete Rojas, which
prompted Salvadoran
officials to return her
to Costa Rica her place
of origin into El
Salvador.
Once she returned to
Costa Rica, the woman
filed an action for
habeas corpus with the
Constitutional Court,
which ruled on the case
on March 14 but did not
make the decision public
until the 26th.
"I do not regret leaving
Cuba, I do not wish to
return. On my return I
will be sent to prison
because there they
punish those that desert
the country", Yuderci
told the Spanish
language daily, Diario
Extra, earlier this week
when during an
interview.
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