2 Cubans Get 6 Years in Attack on Coast Guard
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From Times Wire Reports
Two Cuban brothers were sentenced in Key West to six years in prison for assaulting a U.S. Coast Guard crew that tried to prevent them from illegally reaching the Florida Keys by boat.
U.S. District Judge K. Michael Moore sentenced Jorge Cartaya-Acosta, 35, and Jose Cartaya-Acosta, 39, at a hearing in which their lawyers argued they were mentally impaired.
Under U.S. policy, Cuban migrants who reach land are usually allowed to stay and those intercepted at sea are repatriated to Cuba.
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