Cuba Blames U.S. For
Undocumented People
Traffic
HAVANA - Cuba blamed the
United States Friday for
its responsibility on
the illegal immigration
of many Cubans to Mexico
and Florida, which is a
millionaire business
controlled by Cuban-U.S.
"mafia" gangs since
years ago.
According to Cuba's
official daily Granma,
the Cuban-U.S. mafias
charge each of the
immigrants around 10,000
to 15,000 U.S. dollars
to avoid them from being
detained.
The "dangerous" business
that prevails in the
Mexican Gulf is mainly
attributed to the
refusal of the White
House to give Cubans
visas, the impunity of
the operations of those
mafia groups and the
Cuban Adjustment Law
adopted by the U.S.
congress, according to
Granma.
Granma, an organ of the
Communist Party of Cuba,
said that Cubans'
arrival in the U.S. is
supported by the Cuban
Adjustment Law, which
gives them the legal
rights once they enter
the U.S. territory.
However, the U.S. does
not fulfill its promise
of giving 20,000 visas
as agreed with Cuba.
In the U.S., millions of
undocumented immigrants
are at many times hunted
like animals, and sent
to prison or deported to
their country of origin.
Granma said that the
beaches of the Mexican
states of Quintana Roo
and Yucatan are the
starting points for the
growing business of
trafficking Cubans to
the U.S., which makes a
profit of at least 80
million dollars every
year.
Granma said that Cubans
are picked up in Cuban
territory in speed boats
and then taken to
Mexican coasts. Other
groups take them from
Belize and Guatemala by
land, and still others
by plane.
Local press has
denounced the
participators of the
trafficking business
such as the Cuban
American National
foundation (FNCA) and
Mexican gangs like the
Gulf cartel and its
operative arm "Los
Zetas", as well as Los
Amigos de Patricio and
La Comitiva. |
