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Taxiboat Family Arrives Sailed a 1948 Mercury taxi into the Florida Straits ''I am a free person,'' said Pablo Alonso Valdez, 15, practicing his first sentences of English in the United States. Because Pablo was nearing the age to serve in the Cuban military, the Castro government did not allow him to leave. His mother, Dr. Nivia Valdez, was not allowed to leave because the Cuban government requires five years of service for medical personnel. Rafael had tried to escape on three previous occasions. The ten other people in the taxi were sent back because some U.S. bureaucrat decided they were in no danger of persecution from the Cuban government. What foolishness. |
The family that set sail for freedom in a converted 1948 Mercury taxi has finally arrived in the United States.