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CBS4 NEWS STARTS RIGHT NOW.
SEVERAL CUBAN MIGRANTS ARE
IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER THEY WERE
FOUND ON A RAFT SOUTH OF KEY
WEST.
THEY WERE SHOT BUT WHO SHOT
THEM OR WHY THEY WERE WOUNDED
IS WHAT IS A MYSTERY.
DONALD TRUMP OTTO IS LIVE AT
THE COAST GUARD STATION ON
MIAMI BEACH.
WE JUST MET WITH AND SPOKE
TO SOME OF THESE MEN WHO WERE
SHOT.
FOUR OF THEM ARRIVING AND THEY
WERE RELEASED A SHORT TIME AGO
IN KEY WEST.
LOOK AT THIS VIDEO THAT WE DO
SHOT A WHILE AGO. FOUR OF THE
CUBAN MAN ARRIVING AT THE
OFFICES OF CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
IS.
ONE OF THEM SAID THESE SHOT
THEM WHILE TRYING TO STEAL
THEIR BOAT AS THEY LEFT CUBA
BEFORE DAWN YESTERDAY.
WE SAID THEY LEFT AT 3 AM BUT
THE COAST GUARD IS PICKING THEM
UP 14 HOURS LATER.
5:00 LAST NIGHT.
TWO MORE CUBANS ARE A J MH.
HERE IS A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT
HAPPENED. THE US COAST GUARD
INTERCEPTED A MAKESHIFT RAFT AT
THE SOUTH OF KEY WEST SATURDAY
WITH 26 CUBAN MIGRANTS.
SEVEN OF THEM HAD GUNSHOT WOUNDS
AND THE COAST GUARD SAID SIX OF
THEM WERE CRITICALLY HURT AND
TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITALS.
THE OTHER 20 CUBANS WILL LIKELY
BE RETURNED TO THEIR COUNTRY.
THE COAST GUARD SAYS IT WORKS
HARD TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF
MIGRANTS ON CUTTERS AFTER AN
INTRODUCTION THAT DISCOURAGES
ILLEGALLY ENTERING THE COUNTRY
BY TAKING TO THE SEA.
IT COULD LEAD TO LOSS OF LIFE.
AUTHORITIES SAID CUBAN MIGRANTS
DESPERATE TO REACH US SHORES
ARE INCREASINGLY VIOLENT AND
NONCOMPLIANT WITH COAST GUARD
CREWS CITED REPORTS OF
ATTEMPTED POISONING AND SELF
DEFLECTED WINDS AS RUMORS SPREAD
AS THE POLICY WILL SOON BE
ABANDONED.
THE 20 MIGRANTS WHO WERE
UNHURT ARE LIKELY TO BE SENT
BACK TO CUBA.
THE SIX WHO DID SUFFER GUNSHOT
WOUNDS WILL NOW LIKELY STAY
HERE IN THE US SINCE THEY WERE
TREATED HERE ON PLAN.
MORE ON THIS DEVELOPING STORY
TONIGHT ON OUR LATE NEWSCAST.