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5 Deportees Are Flown by US to Equatorial Guinea After they Resist Deplaning in Liberia

At least five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea.

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The Bamy Hotel, where migrants are held, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.
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Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba

Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba’s economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis.

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Activity in Havana, once bustling, has dwindled as uncertainty grows about the city’s future. Cuba’s economy has suffered because of the U.S. blockade on oil shipments.
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Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba

Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba’s economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis.

© Pablo Porciuncula/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Activity in Havana, once bustling, has dwindled as uncertainty grows about the city’s future. Cuba’s economy has suffered because of the U.S. blockade on oil shipments.
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What to Know About the Cuban Mafia in Quintana Roo

A group of Cuban men in Mexico was charged with smuggling people to the United States. One of its leaders said Raúl Castro’s grandson helped, according to interviews and court records.

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The former Los Angeles Dodgers player Yasiel Puig was one of the Cubans smuggled into the United States by a criminal group known as the Cuban Mafia.
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How Raúl Castro’s Grandson, Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro, Became a Power Broker

The Castro family envoy, Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro, who has been in talks with the Trump administration, was once named in a case targeting a Cuban smuggling ring.

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Raúl Castro, with his grandson and bodyguard Raúl G. Rodríguez Castro, during an official ceremony in Paris in 2016.
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