4 Men Defect From Cuban Coast Guard
From Times Wire Reports
Four Cuban coast guardsmen defected after steering their patrol boat to a Key West resort in an apparently spontaneous decision after a conversation about poverty in their communist homeland.
The men were still dressed in their military uniforms when they docked, walked into town and surrendered to police.
One man had a Chinese handgun holstered to his side. Police found two loaded AK-47 assault rifles along with ammunition on the boat, which was still flying a Cuban flag.
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