Monday, June 16, 2008

Elian Gonzalez Joins Cuba's Communist Youth Union

A young Elian Gonzalez is seized from his Miami, Florida, relatives' home during a federal raid on April 22, 2005. (File)

"In 2000, Gonzalez' mother was killed when a boat carrying them to the U.S. capsized in the Florida Straits. Elian, who was 6 years old at the time, and two other refugees were found clinging to an inner tube for survival. After his rescue the boy stayed with relatives in South Florida until a long tug of war over custody end with armed federal agents seizing him from his great uncle's Miami home. Elian then returned to Cuba with his father."

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