Coast Guard searches for missing Cuban migrant off Florida Keys

Man becomes separated from group on voyage to US

MIAMI – The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a Cuban migrant who was reported missing off the Florida Keys.

A Coast Guard news release said 11 Cuban migrants were found on Big Pine Key.

The men said they left Thursday from Cuba with 12 people, but one of the men got separated from the group Saturday after they got into the water.

A Coast Guard airplane and cutter from Miami are searching for the missing man.


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