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Judi Lynn

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Mon May 12, 2014, 01:18 AM May 2014

Exiles captured in Cuba during armed infiltrations cannot return to the US

Source: Miami Herald

Exiles captured in Cuba during armed infiltrations cannot return to the US

By JUAN O. TAMAYO

The Miami Herald May 11, 2014

Branded as a terrorist by both the Cuban and U.S. governments, Tomas Ramos says he is essentially a nonperson in Havana - ha has no job and no identification papers. But he says he gets lots of harassment by State Security agents.

"We are always persecuted," said Ramos, 70, one of several former South Florida men freed after serving long sentences in Cuban prisons for armed raids against the island in the 1990s - but prohibited from returning to the United States.

Cuban authorities monitor them tightly and with deep suspicion. And the U.S. State Department has denied them visas and political asylum, they say, because of their past involvement in political violence.

"We are watched all the time, even in our private lives. Our lives in Cuba are worth nothing. They can kill us anytime," Ramos said. "And nevertheless, the U.S. does not allow us to go there because they say that we are violent."



Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/05/11/227145/exiles-captured-in-cuba-during.html#storylink=cpy

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Exiles captured in Cuba during armed infiltrations cannot return to the US (Original Post) Judi Lynn May 2014 OP
Cue The World's Tiniest Violin, Ma'am... The Magistrate May 2014 #1
Seriously BainsBane May 2014 #2
Well its in the neighborhood.. Historic NY May 2014 #3
As they're already on the island dipsydoodle May 2014 #6
Look before you leap. n/t ColesCountyDem May 2014 #4
Oh, well...... PeoViejo May 2014 #5
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