Five Cuban soccer players went missing Tuesday night after the under-23 team played a key match against the United States, a team official said Wednesday.
The missing men had not yet reported to authorities.
Zachary Mann, a spokesman for Customs and Border Protection, said it's unlikely the agency will learn the men's whereabouts until they come forward.
Under the United States' "wet foot, dry foot" policy, Cubans who reach U.S. soil are allowed to remain in the country and apply for U.S. residency after one year.
Crime Morocco - terror ring raised funds with European thefts
Morocco’s government said it has dismantled a terrorist network that had plotted to assassinate Cabinet ministers and members of the North African kingdom’s Jewish community.
Authorities believe the network has links to al-Qaida and local terror groups, the official MAP news agency said late Wednesday. A total of 32 people were arrested in sweeps this week, Moroccan newspapers said.
Sikh separatists threat on rise in Canada- PM warns of resurgent threat in Canada
And Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said last week that his government is concerned about "credible information" it has obtained showing that the remnants of Khalistan groups in Canada, the U.K., Germany and Pakistan are regrouping.
The Sun revealed last month that a British Sikh leader, formerly with the International Sikh Youth Federation, toured Canada recently to promote the so-called "Sikh agenda."
UPDATE:
The missing soccer players have defected.
They are not missing anymore.
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&tab=wn&ned=us&q=cuban+soccer+players&ie=UTF-8&scoring=n
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-03-13-voa40.cfm
“Cuban Soccer Players Defect to US”
By Brian Wagner
Miami
13 March 2008