US Coast Guard intercepted 3,197 Cuban migrants in 2007
In 2007, the United States Coast Guard interdicted 3,197 Cuban migrants, compared to 2,293 in 2006.
Source: Associated Press, “Cuba says 2 migrants drown when smuggling boat capsizes off coast,” International Herald Tribune, December 28, 2007.
90 percent of Cubans enter US through Mexico
According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, nearly 90 percent of all undocumented Cubans who enter the United States now come through Mexico rather then reaching the U.S. by boat. Migrants pay smugglers up to $10,000 to cross the Yucatan Channel into Mexico and then travel up to the U.S. Border.
Source: Will Weissert, [...]
40 Cuban baseball players smuggled out between 2000 and 2007
Source: Kevin Baxter, ” Ball players from Cuba are now flee agents,” Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2007.
$8,000 to $10,000 to be smuggled into US from Cuba
Source: Warren Richey, “As Castro heals,Cuba’s people smugglers get back to business,” Christian Science Monitor, August 18, 2006,(accessed: August 23, 2006).
Average of 1,400 people from Cuba seized in waters
Every year since 2000, the United States Coast Guard has intercepted more than 1,400 people attempting to cross the Florida Straits to gain entry into the United States.
Source: Warren Richey, “As Castro heals,Cuba’s people smugglers get back to business,” Christian Science Monitor, August 18, 2006,(accessed: August 23, 2006).
South Florida is the capital of counterfeit cuban cigars
Due to its geographic location, South Florida is considered to be the capital of counterfeit Cuban cigars.
Source: Christina Hoag, ” Stamping out counterfeit cigars” , Miami Herald, April 24, 2006.
