22 Cuban migrants land in Keys, 1 sent to hospital

Nov. 3 Marathon migrant landing (Submitted to WPLG)

MARATHON, Fla. – A group of more than 20 Cuban migrants landed in the Florida Keys Thursday morning.

The group of 22 came in on a small makeshift sailing vessel near mile marker 56 in Marathon, according to Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar, who heads the U.S. Border Patrol’s Miami sector.

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Sources within the U.S. Border Patrol said one migrant was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami with a head injury.

On Wednesday, a group of migrants landed in Biscayne National Park.

On Tuesday, officials detained at least 52 migrants after landings in the Florida Keys.


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