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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | April 2006 
Mexico Used as Base for Smuggling Cubans
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| | Osniel Hernandez Conesa (L), one of the Cuban migrants who were returned to Cuba after they landed on an abandoned Florida bridge last March, shows a letter from the the Interests Section of The United States in Havana granting him a U.S. visa and requesting an exit permit from the Cuban government. (Reuters/Claudia Daut) |
Mexico City — Several groups that smuggle Cubans are operating with the complicity of local authorities in Cancun and other tourist areas of the Mexican Caribbean, reported Por Esto newspaper last week.
In an extensive report the daily, published in Quintana Roo, informs that three of possibly five groups have been clearly identified.
The criminal activity, it states, is sponsored by the Cuban-American National Foundation (CANF) based in Miami, which has for decades been engaged in terrorist actions against Cuba.
The Mexican newspaper explained that the CANF bankrolls the human trafficking operations. It identified three of the ringleaders as Alejandro Castro Perez and Alberto Garcia Nunez, of Cuban origin, and Mexican Bernardo Pierce Acosta. It further notes a rivalry between them for the lion’s share in the lucrative business involving hundreds of millions of dollars.
An intelligence report said the well-organized criminal network has carried out around 200 smuggling operations to bring Cubans to Mexico since August, 2005, said PL. They have netted in up to 200 million dollars.
Por Esto newspaper explains that Quintana Roo is used as a base of operations because of the complicity or laxness of local officials.
The newspaper points out that although this is not the first time it brings to light this type of illegal activity, the authorities have looked the other way and continue to permit this dangerous network of smugglers to operate.
It further underlines that the group led by Alejandro Castro Perez “operates openly and enjoys the protection of the municipal, state and federal authorities.” |
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