A look at a deportation flight to Cuba: handcuffs, tears and broken families
A U.S. deportation flight to Havana carried 150 Cubans, revealing family separations and uncertainty as Cuba upholds immigration agreements.
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A U.S. deportation flight to Havana carried 150 Cubans, revealing family separations and uncertainty as Cuba upholds immigration agreements.
A deportation flight carrying 150 Cuban detainees landed in Havana on Thursday, offering a rare glimpse of passengers in handcuffs, some expressing heartbreak over being separated from loved ones while others felt relief to leave detention behind. This story was reported in collaboration with independent media outlet Belly of the Beast. .
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