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2 Cubans Attempt to Reach US by Car, Again ('51 Chevy)
VOA ^
| 04 Feb 2004, 18:37 UTC
| VOA NEWS
Posted on 02/04/2004 1:47:46 PM PST by 11th_VA
Two Cubans who once tried to float a vintage car to the United States are at it again. Marciel Basanta Lopez and Luis Gras Rodriguez have reportedly been spotted chugging toward U.S. soil in a 1950s vehicle converted into a boat.
The U.S. Coast Guard would not confirm the status of the floating car that was shown on television Tuesday in the waters south of Florida.
Relatives of Mr. Lopez and Mr. Rodriguez say they knew the men were planning to attempt the journey again.
Last July, the Coast Guard intercepted the two men as they made their way to Florida in a converted 1951 Chevy pick-up truck.
They were soon returned to Cuba with several others who had been on the truck. All applications for political asylum have been denied, except for one that is still being processed.
The United States generally allow Cubans who reach U.S. shores to stay, while those intercepted at sea are normally returned to Cuba.
TOPICS: Cuba; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: Florida
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YOU CAN'T GET THERE FROM HERE !!!
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posted on
02/04/2004 1:47:47 PM PST
by
11th_VA
To: 11th_VA
How does it stack up on 10 ft seas?
To: 11th_VA
These guys have removed 2 old cars from cuba. That leaves only one now for Castro.
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posted on
02/04/2004 1:51:04 PM PST
by
Seruzawa
(If you agree with the French raise your hand. If you are French raise both hands.)
To: 11th_VA
You gotta let these guys in just for sheer ingenuity!
Put them on Monster Garage!!!
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posted on
02/04/2004 1:52:26 PM PST
by
Samurai_Jack
(Pacifism by its nature invites escalating acts of war on anyone who practices it.)
To: 11th_VA
I have a great idea. We send all the Cubans coming over back to Cuba with some advanced training armed with M-16s.
To: LibFreeUSA
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posted on
02/04/2004 1:59:21 PM PST
by
Main Street
(Stuck in traffic.)
To: 11th_VA
It's way past time for GM to rescue these guys and use them in a really awesome ad campaign.
And shouldn't our Coast Guard have better things to do than intercept and re-patriate folks like these, and sink their ultra-cool boats?
To: 11th_VA
Fox reported earlier today that they're going to try the crossing in a '50's vintage Buick this time. At least this time the Cuban guys will be more comfortable as they paddle along, those old Buicks were pretty plush.
Actually, I don't find this situation amusing. I can't understand why we're so tough on a handful of Cubans risking their lives on the open sea trying to escape a cruel communist dictatorship and reach freedom, when we don't even try to stop thousands of Mexican illegals wading across a shallow river every night just for economic reasons.
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posted on
02/04/2004 2:03:59 PM PST
by
epow
To: epow
I agree!
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posted on
02/04/2004 2:08:22 PM PST
by
EggsAckley
(..................**AMEND** the Fourteenth Amendment......(There, is THAT better?).................)
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posted on
02/04/2004 2:08:59 PM PST
by
Main Street
(Stuck in traffic.)
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
02/04/2004 2:15:49 PM PST
by
railsplitter
(with extreme prejudice- destroy the enemy... foreign and domestic)
To: 11th_VA
"modified" 1959 Buick
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posted on
02/04/2004 2:18:04 PM PST
by
railsplitter
(with extreme prejudice- destroy the enemy... foreign and domestic)
To: epow
I hear ya on this one. Pray for calm seas and hope that the President orders the Coast Guard to look the other way.
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posted on
02/04/2004 2:20:15 PM PST
by
Wally_Kalbacken
(Seldom right, never in doubt!)
To: railsplitter
PT-109?
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posted on
02/04/2004 2:23:48 PM PST
by
ChefKeith
(NASCAR...everything else is just a game! (Is it time yet? Is it? Is it? Is it?))
To: railsplitter
This reminds me of the movie "Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang"
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posted on
02/04/2004 2:26:55 PM PST
by
pnz1
To: 11th_VA
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posted on
02/04/2004 2:27:38 PM PST
by
El Conservador
("No blood for oil!"... Then don't drive, you moron!!!)
To: 11th_VA
Let them stay!
First try.
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posted on
02/04/2004 2:29:20 PM PST
by
BigWaveBetty
(Won't you please, won't you please, please won't you be my neighbor?)
To: EggsAckley; epow
epow:
I can't understand why we're so tough on a handful of Cubans risking their lives on the open sea trying to escape a cruel communist dictatorship and reach freedom, when we don't even try to stop thousands of Mexican illegals wading across a shallow river every night just for economic reasons.EggsAckley: I agree!
I'll second what Eggs said. I always cheer these Cubans on. Here's hoping they make it to shore.
To: El Conservador
"old news" posted at 12:21:55 & 12:39:18 on today's date of Feb. 4th, 2004, CST.
THREAD UPDATE: Occupants captured, vessel has been sunk, Cubans are being returned to Cuba...
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posted on
02/04/2004 2:37:13 PM PST
by
railsplitter
(with extreme prejudice- destroy the enemy... foreign and domestic)
To: Wally_Kalbacken
I'm suprised Castro let these guys live long enough for a second escape attempt. I'm really afraid that if the Coasties intercept and return them, they're as good as dead.
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posted on
02/04/2004 2:39:07 PM PST
by
AngryJawa
(It Is Not One World...)
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