() — Two immigrants from Cuba landed this Saturday at the Key West International Airport in Florida on a motorized hang glider, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
Both individuals arrived at around 10:30 a.m. local time and were not seriously injured. reported the Sheriff’s Office on their website.
The two men were taken into US Border Patrol custody. Credit: Monroe County Sheriff’s Office
Both men were turned over to the custody of the US Border Patrol.
“There were no service interruptions and operations continue as normal,” Richard Strickland, director of airports at Key West International Airport, said in a statement.
Florida has reported an influx of immigrants from Cuba in recent months, many of them making dangerous sea voyages. In January, the Coast Guard returned to 273 migrants from the Florida coast to Cuba. In September, the Coast Guard told that it intercepted more migrants from Cuba in the past year than it had since the 1990s.
While Cubans have migrated to the United States for decades, immigration activists linked the recent increase to unrest, persecution and shortages of basic goods on the island.
‘s Carlos Suárez contributed to this report.
