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Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2005 10:01 a.m. EST
1980 Mariel Boat Lift Detainees Released
Nearly 150 Cuban refugees convicted of crimes and imprisoned in the years following the 1980 Mariel boat lift have been released, a newspaper reported Tuesday.
The Miami Herald, citing an unnamed federal official, reported that at least 147 Mariel convicts have been released since last month's Supreme Court decision that found the indefinite detention of illegal immigrants is unconstitutional.
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Cuban president Fidel Castro in 1980 sent criminals and psychiatric patients to U.S. shores from the port of Mariel, along with thousands of other fleeing Cubans. Some of the refugees were convicted of crimes in the United States.
About 600 Mariel convicts remain in prisons and jails nationwide, said Manny Van Pelt, spokesman for the federal Department of Homeland Security. Most are expected to be released in the next few months, he said.
© 2005 The Associated Press
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