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17 Cuban Migrants In Custody After Making Landfall In Keys

MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Seventeen Cuban migrants were taken into custody Saturday morning after landing in the Florida Keys.

US Border Patrol tweeted that they suspected this to be a smuggling operation.

Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar said in a tweet that so far during this fiscal year, agents have responded to over 60 maritime smuggling events that have made landfall Florida.

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