The Nation - News from April 18, 1985
A chartered plane carrying 31 Mariel refugees to Cuba took off from Dobbins Air Force Base at Marietta, Ga., on the 24th anniversary of the Bay of Pigs invasion. It was the third flight since the Reagan Administration reached an accord with the Fidel Castro government last December allowing the United States to deport a maximum of 2,746 refugees it says are either criminals or mentally ill. Castro has said refugees convicted of crimes in the United States will be dealt with according to Cuban law upon return to Cuba.
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