MIAMI — Twelve Cuban migrants arrived in a homemade boat on the sands of a former Miami Beach hotel Thursday night, according to the Border Patrol.
The landing was one of nearly a dozen this week in South Florida — mostly in the Florida Keys — as the region continues to be the destination for those participating in the largest maritime exodus from Cuba in nearly a decade.
The boat arrived at 7:30 p.m. in Miami Beach and the people were taken into custody, said Adam Hoffner, division chief for U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Miami operations. They landed around 67th Street and Collins Avenue, near the vacant Deauville hotel that’s set to be demolished.
