US Coast Guard repatriates 52 would-be refugees to Cuba

The US Coast Guard over the last several days has sent back to Cuba 52 migrants intercepted trying to cross the Florida Straits to reach the United States, officials said Thursday. The Coast Guard repatriated the migrants to Bahia de Cabanas, Cuba on Wednesday, a Coast Guard statement said. "These repatriations are a result of three separate migrant interdictions at sea within the last week in the south Florida Straits," the statement said.