least five people have dead and another twelve are missing after an unsettled boat capsized When around Cayo Cruz del Padre (Northern Cuba) led the United States, as reported by the official media this Friday. local official Yumuri TV said Eleven other people in the boat were rescued Survived by the Cuban Border Guard Services.
The incident occurred on Tuesday morning due to strong waves, according to this medium and in line with unverified information that was previously circulated on social networks. The occupants of the boat then called emergency services, which dispatched two patrols of border guard soldiers. Officials said rescue operations are underway in the area where the shipwreck occurred despite adverse weather conditions in the region due to the arrival of a cold front.
Yumuri TV said, “All those involved in the incident live in Cárdenas and on January 23 left the country illegally through Torontella, a point on the Cárdenas coast, with the aim of reaching the territory of the United States, putting themselves at a risk.” Exposed to the stuffy journey.”
Hundreds of Cubans have thrown themselves into the sea in recent days to try to reach the US within the framework of One of the biggest waves of migration in decades, Some 1,200 Cubans have been deported so far this month.
In early January, the US government announced radical changes to its immigration policy for Cubans in 2022, with more than 313,000 citizens of that country arriving at its southern border in 2022. Political repression, but also the most severe economic crisis the island has suffered in more than two years – with shortages and high inflation – are prompting many Cubans to leave their country.
