You might assume that with the thawing of relations between Cuba and the U.S., Cubans would see positive change at home, and less reason to attempt the perilous water crossing to Florida. You'd assume wrong.U.S. law enforcement authorities are confronting a surge of Cuban migrants trying to make the journey by boat across the Florida Straits: the highest numbers they've seen in two decades."It's gotten busier and busier," says U.S. Coast Guard Captain Jeff Janszen, commander of sector Key West, Fla.Over the past fiscal year, the Coast Guard intercepted 5,396 Cuban migrants who were attempting the crossing. That's nearly twice the number from the previous year. About 1,000 Cubans managed to evade detection and make it to U.S. shores.The recent arrivals include Yojany Pacheco, 33, from Ciego de Avila, Cuba.He and a group of friends pooled their money – the equivalent of several hundred dollars apiece – and built a boat in secret, in the Cuban forest. They got boards for the frame and a
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