Coast Guard sends 45 migrants back to Cuba after boats spotted near Florida Keys
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45 Cuban migrants were sent back to Cuba by the U.S. Coast Guard after four boats were spotted by onlookers and intercepted near the Florida Keys in recent days.
"The possibility of being stopped by Coast Guard crews while illegally migrating through the Caribbean Sea is high," Lt. Cmdr. Mark Cobb of the Coast Guard’s Seventh District said in a statement. "No one should risk their lives on unsafe rustic vessels in unpredictable seas."
The first boat was found Wednesday night 12 miles off the coast of Boot Key, the Coast Guard said. The rest were reported Friday, with one boat spotted 17 miles off of Long Key at approximately 11:45 a.m. and two off the coast of Big Pine Key at around noon, one 17 miles away and one 22 miles away.
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