Cuba complains that guns in luggage checked in at MIA were not stopped [View all]

[Judi Lynn]

Cuba complains that guns in luggage checked in at MIA were not stopped
Posted on Wednesday, 04.25.12
By Juan O. Tamayo
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One would think that it would be difficult for any gun, packed in a suitcase checked in at Miami International Airport for a flight to Cuba, to make it all the way to the island.

After all, Cuba is on the U.S. list of countries that support international terrorism, and Miami is home to some radical exiles who might want to attack the island. Never mind the U.S. trade embargo, or the law that requires U.S. government permits to export any gun.

Yet, the U.S. State Department has confirmed Havana twice complained of finding such guns in luggage arriving from MIA in 2010. A Miami travel company official said Cuban government officials told her there were six such incidents this year alone.

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http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/04/24/2765920/cuba-complains-that-guns-in-luggage.html#storylink=cpy