Reply #21: FINALLY! Miami Herald: 14-year-old student flees to Cuba [View All]

[Mika]

Interesting that the Miami Herald would use the phrase "..flees to Cuba".


14-year-old student flees to Cuba
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/15616721.htm

As identification, she said, Alfredo presented his alien registration card, which shows his birth date as Dec. 8, 1991 -- three months shy of 15 years ago.
''Our agent checked his year of birth, which is 1991. They did not check the specific date when he would turn 15,'' Pantín said.
From the Bahamas, Alfredo likely used his Cuban passport, which he sneaked from his dad's strong box, for the flight to Havana, Diaz said.
After hours of searching for his son in Miami-Dade, Diaz said he learned at around 8 p.m. Thursday that Alfredo was in Cuba when his ex-wife, Dailet, called.
' `Alfredo is with me,' she told me,' '' Diaz said. 'I said: `What? How did he get there?' She told me he said he had bought a ticket with my credit card through the Internet.''
Diaz's credit card records show Alfredo purchased a $157 ticket to Nassau and a second ticket for $315 to Havana.

WANTS SON BACK

Diaz, who owns a construction business and lives with his girlfriend and her two sons, ages 12 and 13, wants his son back, but he has hit a legal wall.
Miami-Dade police have told him they can do nothing for now because he has no written proof of custody.
Diaz, who has legal resident status and came to the United States by way of Spain 12 years ago, said when he claimed his son six years ago from Cuba, the U.S. Interests Section in Havana kept his custody papers. He is now requesting copies.
A spokesman for the Interests Section said it can help minor U.S. citizens. There might be little it can do since Alfredo is Cuban-born, he willingly traveled to the island with his Cuban passport and he is with his birth mother.