Four Cuban rafters are rescued in Mexico after 34 days at sea; four others died

Four Cubans were rescued with serious signs of dehydration by Mexican fishermen, after 34 days in which they sought to reach the United States.

The Cubans were found by fishermen from the fishing town of San Fernando, in front of Barra Boca de Catán, in the state of Tamaulipas, northern Mexico.

They were identified as Mario Sergio Marquez Ventura (30 years), Yuriesky Romero Hernandez (33), Goddess Tie Loaces (26) and Rogelio Loaces Fuentes (35).

"The castaways who were in poor condition were taken ashore to the Punta de Piedra fishing camp, where Civil Protection elements provided them with first aid and they were taken to the city's General Hospital," they said. local media.

The information provided also details four other Cubans who were on the boat, but already deceased, “victims of hunger, thirst and hypothermia since they had been shipwrecked for several days and were only clinging to pieces of the raft where they were sailing from Cuba seeking to reach to the coasts of the United States,” Mexican media report.

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In their statements they said that they left Cuba on April 1, in a boat made of sheets and pieces of wood. On the way their rudder broke, causing them to get lost in the open sea.

During the time they were at sea, they suffered from strong storms with waves that exceeded five and six meters in height; During the storms, four Cubans fell into the water, perishing at the bottom of the sea, the newspaper specifies. The morning.

The raft with the Cubans was located three kilometers offshore from the Boca de Catán Barra, which is located in front of the towns of Punta de Piedra and Carbajal in the municipality of San Fernando, in Tamaulipas, the media outlet mentions.