Comments on: Cuban man remains in Costa Rica airport after three weeks https://insidecostarica.com/2014/05/14/cuban-man-remains-costa-rica-airport-three-weeks/ Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 By: HONEST MANhttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/05/14/cuban-man-remains-costa-rica-airport-three-weeks/#comment-8384 HONEST MAN Tue, 20 May 2014 18:13:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14849#comment-8384 Tim

Any news of this story? Has this Cuban Guy left the Airport yet?

]]> By: expatin paradisehttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/05/14/cuban-man-remains-costa-rica-airport-three-weeks/#comment-8309 expatin paradise Thu, 15 May 2014 06:18:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14849#comment-8309 We’ve discussed this situation when it was previously reported. Since he only arrived in CR in 2012, he almost has to be traveling on a Cuban passport or some forgery – he never bothered to get legal CR residency documents, so he couldn’t have a CR passport. Since he was able to travel back to and then from Cuba (according to the article, to care for his ill mother), he clearly isn’t on a Cuban government enemies list, or he would have been thrown into jail on arrival in Havana six months ago. Accordingly, the refugee claim is almost certainly bogus. Apparently, CR Immigration felt so three times. Like most of those who go to the US from Cuba as refugees, he is almost certainly here for a better standard of living than he had in Cuba and possibly because he found love (unless the marriage was a ploy to get residency), not because of political persecution. He should be hosed down and put into a straightjacket, if necessary, for the flight back to Havana.

]]> By: Timothy Williamshttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/05/14/cuban-man-remains-costa-rica-airport-three-weeks/#comment-8308 Timothy Williams Thu, 15 May 2014 00:25:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14849#comment-8308 By the way, we are working on your first question and will likely have an official answer soon enough.

The other two are questions that only Perez can answer.

Thank you for reading ICR.

]]> By: Timothy Williamshttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/05/14/cuban-man-remains-costa-rica-airport-three-weeks/#comment-8305 Timothy Williams Wed, 14 May 2014 18:14:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14849#comment-8305 “The Terminal.” :)

]]> By: disgustedhttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/05/14/cuban-man-remains-costa-rica-airport-three-weeks/#comment-8304 disgusted Wed, 14 May 2014 18:12:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14849#comment-8304 Timothy thank you for your insight and response. Still someday maybe we can find out the other 3 question. wasn’t there a movie with Tom Hanks same situation/ in limbo in airport?

]]> By: SDPUShttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/05/14/cuban-man-remains-costa-rica-airport-three-weeks/#comment-8303 SDPUS Wed, 14 May 2014 18:05:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14849#comment-8303 I believe you are exactly correct on this Tim. He is in no mans land.

]]> By: Timothy Williamshttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/05/14/cuban-man-remains-costa-rica-airport-three-weeks/#comment-8299 Timothy Williams Wed, 14 May 2014 17:50:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14849#comment-8299 Your first three questions I cannot answer as I have no idea.

Regarding him being kept in the airport, I can only speculate, but my assumption would be that while he remains in the international zone of the airport he isn’t technically on “Costa Rican soil” and hasn’t been admitted into Costa Rican territory.

By moving him past the point of the international zone and immigration point of the airport to the detention center, he would then be “in” Costa Rica which could potentially confer to him additional rights (court appeals, etc.). Also, as he is not yet “in” Costa Rica, by definition he is not an illegal immigrant, so I’m not sure they can legally put him in immigration holding, which is considered a type of arrest (he would have to be arrested to take him there in the first place, and unless he tries sneaking past the immigration point, he has committed no crime).

This is precisely why airlines are supposed to check and double check that passengers have all necessary documentation required to enter the arrival country.

]]> By: HONEST MANhttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/05/14/cuban-man-remains-costa-rica-airport-three-weeks/#comment-8297 HONEST MAN Wed, 14 May 2014 17:22:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14849#comment-8297 Good point. Why did he go back to Cuba for 6 months? Why didn´t his wife go with him to Cuba?

]]> By: HONEST MANhttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/05/14/cuban-man-remains-costa-rica-airport-three-weeks/#comment-8296 HONEST MAN Wed, 14 May 2014 17:20:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14849#comment-8296 I am a little conserned about this case. Why did he leave Costa Rica in the first place? Where did he meet his Costa Rican wife in Cuba or Costa Rica? What is he running from in Cuba? Did he have a home in Cuba or a Job? Why was he apart from his wife so long like 6 months? Does he have family in Cuba? This case is very strange.

]]> By: disgustedhttps://insidecostarica.com/2014/05/14/cuban-man-remains-costa-rica-airport-three-weeks/#comment-8294 disgusted Wed, 14 May 2014 17:14:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=14849#comment-8294 Timothy W.,

Do you know what passport he traveled on going back to Cuba?
Plus if he so afraid of Cuban government why did he go back in the first place, and for 6 months?
Why did he not follow though on his papers here?
What is the reasoning for him to remain at airport and not the detention center?? or just release him to his home here?/ I see if you bring in 1,900 kilos of cocaine the judge just releases you anyway.

I worked in a prison for 10 yrs and the smearing of feces is often a common ploy when confronted by guards and getting attention.

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