Balseros

"I did it for him": The story of a Cuban woman who jumped into the sea 17 times with her son to reach the U.S.

Update on the group of Cuban rafters who had set off for Jamaica

The United States repatriates six Cuban rafters: What is known?

Raft adrift found near the Florida Keys

They built a raft and set out to sea: The story of young Cubans heading to the U.S.

Tourists were rowing during a storm and thought they were Cuban rafters: Mexican police clarify everything

Bahamas returns 20 Cuban migrants: This is what is known about the repatriation

Migration crisis: Six Cuban rafters detained after landing in Jamaica

A precarious vessel appears floating off Miami Beach, sparking rumors of the arrival of Cuban rafters

Commercial vessel rescues five balseros, and the U.S. Coast Guard returns them to Cuba

Carnival Paradise assists five rafters near Cuba: Others refused to be rescued

The U.S. deploys a warship in the Gulf of Mexico and the Cuban regime reacts

Chinese migrant attempts to reach the U.S. on two paddleboards

The U.S. warns the rafts: "You will be returned to your country of origin or the last one you departed from."

U.S. Coast Guard rescues 37 stranded Cuban migrants in the Bahamas islands

Gerardo Hernández on Cuban prisoners he met in the U.S.: "None of them left due to political issues."

Ten Cuban rafters arrive on Florida's shores and now face deportation

Miracle at sea: Five Cubans rescued from an overturned raft

U.S. Coast Guard rescues seven stranded Cuban rafters on a cay in the Bahamas

Niquero in shock over the death of four Cuban rafters in the Florida Strait

Four more young Cuban individuals have been identified as having died in a shipwreck while trying to leave the country

Cuban mother pleads to know what really happened to her son who disappeared at sea

At least two groups of balseros arrive in Mexico and mingle with the local population

Cuban mother searches for her son who went missing after leaving on a raft for the U.S. in 2023

Cuban balsero who spent a month at sea recounts how three travel companions died

The U.S. returns 22 Cuban rafters detained near the Florida Keys

Advises newly arrived Cubans in the U.S. to be honest: "Leave the burden of communism behind."

At least 142 Cuban rafters have died attempting to reach the U.S. during 2024

U.S. Coast Guard sends 13 Cuban rafters to the Bahamas

Speaks from detention center, daughter of a 84-year-old Cuban woman who arrived in the U.S. by sea

84-year-old Cuban elder and her daughter at risk of deportation from the U.S.

84-year-old woman escapes from Cuba by boat: "There is nothing there"

Five Cuban rafters rescued after seven days adrift in the Florida Straits

A group of Cubans lands in a fishing boat in the Florida Keys

Cuban rafters' boat found abandoned on the coast of Mexico

31 Cuban rafters arrested on the shores of Mexico

Two survivors and a body found after boat capsizes with 11 people fleeing from Cuba

Twenty Cuban rafters spotted near the coasts of Mexico have been detained

Twenty Cuban rafters were detected navigating in Mexican waters

Group of 12 rafters intercepted and repatriated to Cuba

Two Cuban rafters were rescued on a board with barrels near Mexico

A tip-off aborts an illegal exit from Cuba and leaves several detained in Camajuaní

Alexander remembers the Cubans who died at sea: "I feel a great respect."

Border Patrol detains a group of 15 Cuban migrants after landing in Key West

Cuban woman arrested in Miami accused of the death of 16 boaters

Cuban Christians document dangerous raft journey to Mexico: "600 kilometers by sail"

A Cuban among the 32 rafters rescued at sea by the Colombian Navy

Cuban family reports theft of boat by recently arrived rafters in the U.S.

Border Patrol detains 11 Cubans after landing in Florida

A young Cuban reported missing needs immediate rescue at sea

The United States returns 18 migrants detained in three interceptions in the Florida Strait

Emotional farewell to Cubans escaping by boat: "May God be with you!"

Seven Cuban rafters are missing after continuing their journey to the Cayman Islands on May 8

A Cuban shares dramatic images of his journey on a raft: “I thought I wouldn’t make it.”

U.S. Coast Guard repatriates 26 rafters to Cuba

Seven rafters arrive at the shores of the Cayman Islands but decide to continue their journey

Mexico grants residency to four Cuban rafters rescued at sea

MINREX comments on Cuban rafters rescued off the coast of Mexico

The four Cuban rafters rescued in Mexico are recovering satisfactorily

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