26 SEPTEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS

UNCLAS HAVANA 000601 DEPT FOR WHA/CCA, INL/HSTC, CA/FPP SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: SMIG PREF PREL KCRM CU SUBJECT: 26 SEPTEMBER REPATRIATION OF CUBANS AT CABANAS ¶1. USINT officer transferred 12 Cubans from the on September 26 without incident. ¶2. Cutter Pea Island docked in the Cuban port of Cabanas at approximately 10:00 am local time to transfer the migrants. USINT officer briefed the returnees and provided standard information packets on legal immigration methods. Officer advised the returnees that USINT officers would attempt to contact them in the next several months to assess their well being, including visiting some Havana-based returnees in their homes. Returnees were also advised that they could meet with a U.S. official at the Refugee Annex Fridays 10 am to discuss specific claims of harm, including retaliatory acts such as being unjustly dismissed from one's job, being frequently detained by police, or being the target of public acts of repudiation. ¶3. No returnees protested the repatriation to USINT or USCG personnel. The cutter departed without incident. The returnees were met by Ministry of Foreign Relations (MINREX) and Ministry of Interior (MININT) officials for transport to a Cuban Processing Center. ¶4. The following 12 Cuban returnees were repatriated. Corrections and/or additions are in parentheses: ¶A. Alain Gabriel Castano-Armas (Correct address: Pedro Perna # 411 e/ Juan Alonso y Manuel Pruna, Luyano, 10 de Octubre, Ciudad Habana) ¶B. Manuel Padron-Benarudey (Manuel/not Manual; Correct address: Herrera # 213 e/ Fabrica y Reforma, Luyano, 10 de Octubre, Ciudad Habana) ¶C. Vladimir Viera Abreu (Vladimir/not Uladimor; Viera/not Ulera; Name of crossstreet is Santana/ not Santamos) ¶D. Yunior Marquez-Alonso (Yunior/not Jurier; Sol/not Sal; Name of crossstreet is Sol/not Sal; Neighborhood is Habana Vieja/not Vaya) ¶E. Jose Luis Escamet-Arteaga (Arteaga/not Artega; Correct address: Herrera # 251 e/ Reforma y Guasabacoa, Luyano, 10 de Octubre, Ciudad Habana) ¶F. Ariel Alonso-Barroso (Barroso/not Barrozo; Correct address: Hacendado #58, e Linea Frrocarril y Via Blanca, Habana, CU) ¶G. Lazaro Victorino Rivero-Almeida (Lazaro/not Layaro; Avenida 22/not Allemid 22) ¶H. Jose Luis Mondeja-Morera (Mondeja/not Mondesa; Correct address: Bella Vista #755, e/ via Blanca y Santa Lutgarda, Cerro, Habana, CU) ¶I. Hiraic Martinez-Ricardo (Name of crossstreet: e/ 5 y Final/not 50) ¶J. Elio Rodriguez-Torres ¶K. Osvaldo Michel Gomez-Romero (Osvaldo/not Osualdo) ¶L. Yusmel Gomez-Rodriguez ¶5. Repatriated Cubans during this month: 31 Farrar