MIAMI — Hundreds of Cuban migrants who were stranded on remote islands off a Florida Keys national park for almost a week were shipped to Key West Thursday.
On Thursday morning, the Coast Guard said 337 migrants who were being held at Dry Tortugas National Park were onboard the USCG Cutter Maple, a 225-foot buoy tender, to be taken to the Coast Guard station in Key West. From there, they will be transported to U.S. Border Patrol stations for processing, the Coast Guard said.
Denise and Ray DePasquale from Pasadena, Maryland, followed the ship from land as it approached Sector Key West. They took a photo showing hundreds of people gathered underneath tents set up on the deck of the cutter.
