Two Cuban migrants who escaped the island in a motorized hang glider on March 25 and landed in Florida were granted political asylum by an American immigration judge, reported Cuban journalist Daniel Benitez.
The Cuban dictatorship, through an official note from the Cuban Aviation Club, described the two men as “deserters,” calling the act a “clear violation” of Cuban airspace. As a result, the regime asked the “corresponding international authorities” to “apply to these individuals the sanctions corresponding to the seriousness of the case and the return of the stolen equipment.”