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15 Cuban migrants come ashore in Key West

15 migrants come ashore in Key West on this small boat. (Key West Police Department)

KEY WEST, Fla. – Fifteen people from Cuba were taken into custody overnight by the U.S. Border Patrol after coming ashore in Key West, authorities confirmed Monday morning.

According to Key West police, the migrants made landfall at the seawall on South Roosevelt Boulevard.

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Police said Border Patrol agents responded to the scene to take custody of the migrants.

None of the migrants were injured, authorities confirmed.

No other details were immediately released.

Monday’s incident comes less than a week after more than 120 migrants arrived in Key West.


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