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."
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The Magistrate
(95,244 posts)BainsBane
(53,026 posts)If he'd done that here he'd be locked up it Gitmo or some such place.
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)maybe they'd let him in.
dipsydoodle
(42,239 posts)they'd only need to go down the road apiece to get to Gitmo.
ColesCountyDem
(6,943 posts)PeoViejo
(2,178 posts)Call your friends at CIA.
What, they're not answering the phone?