"One of them, Vladimir Gago Soriano, fell heavily onto his ailing left leg, which had undergone eight surgeries and is barely functional since a motorcycle accident two years prior. He slipped on a puddle of water on the floor, and the detainees began shouting for help. The authorities, who took an hour to arrive, handcuffed him and put him in a kind of truck. From the loud noise of the engine, Vladimir guesses it was a large vehicle, although he isn't certain"
"The United States sent more than 50 Cubans to the migrant detention center at Guantanamo Bay late last year. According to dozens of testimonies gathered by EL PAIS, the migrants thought they would land in Havana, when in reality they ended up at the U.S. military base on the other side of the island. They were in their home country, but not really."
"On December 13, Arelys Piloto received a call at her Miami home from her 22-year-old son, Alexander Peraza. After nearly 12 months in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and after receiving a deportation order from a judge, officers at the Alexandria Staging Facility, a detention center in Louisiana, informed him that he would be deported to Cuba the following day."
On January 31, during bathing time at Camp 6, a Cuban detainee, Vladimir Gago Soriano, fell onto an ailing left leg that had undergone eight surgeries and had been barely functional since a motorcycle accident two years earlier. He slipped on a puddle; detainees shouted for help. Authorities arrived after about an hour, handcuffed him, blindfolded him and placed him in a vehicle bound for Guantanamo Bay. More than 50 Cubans were sent late last year to the migrant detention center at Guantanamo Bay after being told they would land in Havana. Families received calls from detainees who believed they were being deported to Cuba and expected to be picked up at Havana airport.
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