Two Cubans Missing From Hotel

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Two Cubans Missing From Hotel; Suspected to be Defecting To U.S.
Topic Started: Saturday Oct 11 2008, 10:35 PM (45 Views)
WeatherManNX01	Saturday Oct 11 2008, 10:35 PM Post #1
The Emperor Posts: 12,418 Group: Commissioner Member #4 Joined: December 9, 2005 NFL Team New England Patriots NBA Team Boston Celtics NHL Team Boston Bruins NCAA Team Penn State Nittany Lions	From the Miami Herald: Quote: Two members of the Cuban national soccer team are missing and presumed to be seeking asylum a day after arriving in the nation's capital for Saturday's World Cup qualifying match against the United States. Reinhold Fanz, the German coach of the Cuban team, confirmed to reporters that two players left the team's Doubletree Hotel, had not been seen since, and did not practice on Friday. The players are midfielder Pedro Faife, 24, and forward Reynier Alcantara, 26. Faife has family in South Florida and contacted relatives upon arriving in the United States. The last time a Cuban soccer team played in the United States, in mid-March, seven members of the Under-23 Olympic qualifying team bolted from their team hotel in Tampa and defected. Twelve Cuban soccer players have defected since 2002. A few landed in Major League Soccer, others are playing for United Soccer Leagues and a few of the most recent arrivals are playing in a Puerto Rican pro league. ''It is always a problem for the Cuba team,'' Fanz told The Washington Post. ``We have security, but you can't handcuff them to their rooms.'' Full article. That'd be the second time this year after seven disappeared from the Cuban Olympic qualifying squad in Tampa.



WeatherManNX01	Tuesday Oct 14 2008, 05:39 PM Post #2
The Emperor Posts: 12,418 Group: Commissioner Member #4 Joined: December 9, 2005 NFL Team New England Patriots NBA Team Boston Celtics NHL Team Boston Bruins NCAA Team Penn State Nittany Lions	The Washington Post has posted an interesting article from an interview with one of the Cuban defectors. Apparently there is one government spy that travels with the teams at all times, and methods of contacting people are removed from players' hotel rooms. Washington Post article.



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