Grieving Cuban Parents Released to Relatives
From Times Wire Reports
The parents of a 6-year-old Cuban boy who died while being smuggled to the United States were released by immigration officials to relatives.
The couple, Julian Villasuso, 49, and Maizy Hurtado, 32, arrived in Key West late Friday after the speedboat they were in overturned as it was being chased by a Coast Guard cutter.
Acting U.S. Atty. R. Alexander Acosta said he asked federal officials to allow the couple to stay because he was considering criminal prosecution against the suspected smugglers.
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