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Old 10-06-2005, 10:21 PM
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Wednesday June 8, 07:00 PM
A video image shows Cuban refugees in a vintage blue floating taxicab being intercepted off the Florida Keys by the U.S. Coast Guard June 7, 2005. A group of 13 Cubans set sail for the United States in a vintage blue taxi converted into an unwieldy but seaworthy vessel, Miami television station NBC6 reported. The makeshift boat was intercepted on Tuesday evening by the U.S. Coast Guard about 20 miles (32 km) off Key West on the southern tip of Florida. REUTERS/RTV

HAVANA (Reuters) - A group of Cubans making the third bid in two years to reach the United States in a vintage American car converted into a boat were intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard, relatives said on Wednesday.


In their impoverished Havana neighborhood, tearful mothers implored U.S. authorities to allow the emigres to stay in the United States, saying they would be jailed if returned to Communist-run Cuba.


Thirteen Cubans, including six children, sailed across the Florida Straits in a 1949 Mercury with an built-on prow and a taxi sign on the roof. They were intercepted about 20 miles (32 km) off Key West on the southern tip of Florida on Tuesday morning, Miami television station NBC 6 reported.


The group set off on Monday night from a beach east of Havana in the converted car owned by Rafael Diaz, who was making his third attempt to leave Cuba in a makeshift amphibious craft.


Miami television images showed them aboard a U.S. Coast Guard cutter. A Coast Guard spokesman said he could not provide details on the incident until the fate of the migrants was resolved.
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fookin nutters
Old 10-06-2005, 10:23 PM
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pmsl when i see that
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all that to get to america ey...
Old 10-06-2005, 10:39 PM
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dont worry guys im sure george bush will pay for there tickets for em to get over here

notice they got intercepted by the coast gaurd and they are not gonna have no shit and will send em straight back, over here we give em a foking house and 200 quid a week cash, hell tony would prob pay the driver cab fair and petrol
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Fair play to them for making that Clever chap, and very brave!
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