Family and friends of a young Cuban who disappeared while trying to immigrate to the United States on a raft are desperately asking for help finding him.
A family friend has been identified in Facebook Like Yanel Palenzuela Suarez, from Holguin, he posted photos of the young man on the social network and said he disappeared while trying to leave the country by sea.
According to the brief information provided, there were 10 people traveling on the raft.
After an alleged shipwreck, eight were found alive, however Two are still missingAmong them is this young man whom his friend calls Pancho.
The missing man’s sister, Martika Manresa Rodriguez, confirms that they are desperate and begging for a miracle.
She posted: “I sure hope so. I’m desperate. God knows I’m in pain so strong I can’t stand it. I really want to hug my little brother. How much I love him.”
Palenzuela Suarez asks anyone who sees him to inform his relatives, although he does not provide details about where the ship sank or the date of his disappearance, which might help in the search.
It is reported that the young man’s mother became desperate when he was not around, and she must now be in a state of extreme sadness.
The departure of Cuban rafters along the coasts of the island is a very frequent occurrence in the midst of the migration crisis that the country has been facing since 2021 and that has pushed thousands of people to engage in perilous journeys by sea and land.
Last week, at least, that turned out to be the case 12,762 Cubans entered in August to the United States, according to figures revealed Friday by Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The report of that entity, which updated August figures, indicates that at least 6,760 migrants entered the country by land and roads. 5,937 by sea.
Many rafters disappear and their relatives spend years waiting for them to appear.
Relatives last week Cuban rafters were missing last year They stated that they had not lost hope of finding them, according to the testimony of several families contacted by journalist Mario Vallejo.
The South Florida-based journalist confirms that he is in a group conversation with dozens of missing rafter families and they are continuing investigations and maintaining their faith in seeing the migrants again. Every day, he says, he reads letters like this from mothers, sisters, fathers, grandmothers and other relatives or friends who left but never arrived.
“Love and hope go hand in hand. That chat is an example of how much faith people carry in search of a sign, no matter how small, that feeds their longing. How it pains me when I see that there are people to whom you talk about strange and confusing things, even though it initially gives them hope, However, it frustrates them, because it is false and makes these mothers call, write, delve into the deepest depths, and cling to the smallest comments.” .
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