MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard sent 40 people back to Cuba on Thursday after stopping them off the Florida Keys earlier this week.
They were found in two boats Monday and Tuesday as U.S. authorities report the largest exodus of Cuban balseros since 2016.
The surge of Cubans and Haitians trying to get to the U.S. is expected to be discussed when hemispheric leaders meet in Los Angeles next week during the Summit of the Americas. The event is being hosted by the U.S. for the first time since it was launched in Miami in 1994.
