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Last Cubans Leave Guantanamo Refugee Camps
The final group of 127 Cubans exited Camp Happy at Guantanamo Bay aboard a Miami Air charter, ending an 18 month operation that housed up to 50 000 refugees and cost over 250 million dollars. More than 8400 military personnel managed the camps at their height in 1994 amid riots lawsuits violence and 60 deaths. Margarita Ania Sanchez drew lottery number 33560 as she boarded, lamenting the end of a troubled exodus. Uria, who drew the last number, said it marked the end and took pride in not trading numbers.
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Guantanamo Naval Bask
Cusa
Florida
Freedom
United States
U.S
Cuba
Margarita Ania Sanchez
Miami
Camp Happy
Uria