NATION IN BRIEF : TEXAS : U.S. Lets Convoy for Cuba Into Mexico
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Federal agents allowed a relief convoy for Cuba to cross into Mexico after a scuffle and standoff at the border. The 44-vehicle caravan, carrying medical and school supplies, food, Bibles and other goods, began rolling into Mexico from Laredo, Tex., after working out an agreement with Treasury Department officials. Under a longstanding U.S. embargo against Cuba’s communist government, a permit is required to move goods into or out of the country. Before the agreement was reached, three people were arrested.
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