Authorities of the INational Migration Institute (NMI) of Mexico confirmed to the local press that residency in the country has been granted to the four Cuban rafters rescued last weekend on the high seas, near the coast of Tamaulipas.
The head of the National Migration Institute in Tamaulipas, Seguismundo Doguin Martínez, reported that two of the migrants were discharged on Tuesday and that They moved to the Casa del Migrante, in the municipality of Matamoros.
Yurieski Romero Hernández and Mario Sergio Márquez Ventura already have the residency card that will allow them to work in the country and even open a bank account.
They will be able to stay at the Migrant House until they have enough solvency to be able to rent a house.
“The Cuban consul, who was with them, told us that his desire is to be in Mexico. For now the card is only for them, but when they are working they will do their paperwork to be able to bring their family.", indicated Doguin Martínez in statements collected by the newspaper Millennium.
Rogelio Loasis Fuentes and Diosan Lazo Loasis are still hospitalized. When they are discharged, they will also be able to carry out the immigration administrative procedure “under the status of visitor for humanitarian reasons due to vulnerability.”
They will also be sent to the Migrant House in Matamoros.
The person in charge of the Migration Institute in Tamaulipas explained that The Cubans alleged that their objective when they left Cuba was not to reach the United States, but to Cancún, but they say that the current directed them towards the Gulf of Mexico and they advanced to Tamaulipas.
The events occurred on Saturday, May 4, when a group of fishermen rescued them after being adrift for more than a month. As stated by the survivors, four more people who were with them but lost their lives.
On May 6, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX) spoke out about the tragedy. The diplomatic entity specified that Fabio Álvarez, Cuban consul general in Monterrey, traveled to the city of Tamaulipas to offer consular assistance to the four surviving Cubans.
At the time they were rescued, the four Cubans were suffering from dehydration and severe malnutrition after spending 34 days at sea.
When interviewed, they explained that they had left Cuba on April 1 in a boat made from sheets and pieces of wood. During the journey their rudder broke and they were adrift.
During the time they were at sea, they were victims of strong storms and waves that exceeded five and six meters in height. During the storms four of the eight rafters drowned.
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.
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