World IN BRIEF : PANAMA : Two Cuban Refugees Found Dead in Canal
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Two Cubans were found dead in the Panama Canal following riots in Cuban refugee camps this week, a U.S. military official said. The official could not say how the two died, but Panamanian police said on television that they had drowned. About 1,000 Cubans escaped after rioting Wednesday and Thursday in two camps; all but 31 returned voluntarily or were apprehended.
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