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In the last sixty years, migratory exoduses have driven hundreds of thousands of Cubans of different generations and ideologies into exile.

A total of 464,197 Cubans have made it to the United States since October 2021, according to statistics from US Customs and Border Protection.

Lots of Cubans in Tapachula, like Leo, are living in overcrowded conditions. Some for days others for months.

Between January 2021 and June 2023, the U.S. Border Patrol detained 7,479 Cuban migrants in the Florida Straits. The maritime route accumulates several incidents in which several Cubans lost their lives or disappeared.

Although the US government noted that these talks “are generally held every six months,” those on Thursday represented the first of the Migration Agreement talks between Washington and Havana since 2018.