Update on the Cubans hijacked in southern Mexico last week: 18 of them were found in Texas a couple of days ago, and all but one was released. Mexico is investigating the link between the people smugglers who removed the 33 from the hands of the authorities and drug traffickers. The Cubans evidently followed a route --to Texas via Veracruz and Reynosa-- popular for cocaine smugglers, though pretty much any path northward is popular with cocaine smugglers these days.
And the Mexican are also investigating connections with the Mexican mafia suggested last week by Cuban ambassador Manuel Aguilera de la Paz, a suggestion I ridiculed last when the story came out. Evidently, Cuban American smugglers operate in five states in Mexico, and have long been a menace. My apologies to the ambassador.
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