Family Detained in Cuba Returns With Emotion
A New Jersey family detained in Cuba for a week returned to the United States with joy and anger.
Luis Lopez, 46, his wife, mother and daughter were held without explanation after Cuban authorities seized their passports on March 1.
Family members believed Cuban authorities were retaliating because Lopez’s brother had defected to the United States with his family at the same time the Lopez family was heading south to visit them.
At an emotional family reunion at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Lopez said he would never again return to his homeland. “I’m very upset,” he said.
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