HAVANA, Feb 3 (NNN-ACN) — Cuban aid worker Alejandro Aguilera Milanés, an employee with the Health Division of the Province of Las Tunas in Cuba and is a member of the Medical Brigade deployed in Haiti, was released on Wednesday afternoon, a few days after he was kidnapped in Port-au-Prince.
The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported that a local outlawed gang was responsible for the crime, committed on Jan 23.
Right after learning of the incident, the report adds, Cuba engaged in discreet negotiations with the Haitian authorities to secure the safe and prompt release of the aid worker.
MINSAP also gave regular updates to the family of Aguilera Milanés, who works as a driver for the Cuban Medical Brigade in Haiti.
MEANWHILE, the US Coast Guard Service returned 16 irregular Cuban migrants to the island on Thursday, according to the Cuban Interior Ministry.
The irregulars were taken to the Orozo harbor, in the locality of Bahia Honda, Artemisa province and included 14 men and 2 women who were intercepted in the sea by the US Coast Guard after making an illegal departure from Cuba.
One of the migrants was submitted to investigation for presumed serious crime under process before the illegal departure.
A total of 1,917 Cubans has been returned this year in 24 operations.
Cuba has reiterated its commitment to a safe, regular and orderly migration. — NNN-ACN
