Such a figure was reached on Friday as 26 irregular migrants were handed over by the U.S. Coast Guard at the Port of Orozco, in Bahía Honda municipality, in the western province of Artemisa.

These migrants had been previously involved in four other illegal boatlifts from Cuba and were later intercepted.

With this new group of migrants, made up of 23 men and three women, the US Coast Guard managed to conduct 26 operations this year, and as many as 1,944 people were deported.

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