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Carlos Pupo and Lazaro Seara view the headlines about their release.

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Released Cubans now in Florida

THE two Cubans held unlawfully in prison for almost three years are now working in South Florida.

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Fred Mitchell: Released Cuban men 'trying to enter US illegally'

THE two Cuban men who were released from prison last week under a Supreme Court Justice’s order are believed to be attempting to illegally enter the United States, according to the Department of Immigration.

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Wanted alert for Cuban men

THE Immigration Department wants to apprehend two Cuban men who have no legal status in The Bahamas, but who were released from prison under a Supreme Court justice’s order last week, Immigration Director William Pratt said yesterday.

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‘I remember screams as marines beat detainees’

LAZARO Seara Marin says he remembers the deafening screams of the three men who were allegedly beaten by Royal Bahamas Defence Force marines with PVC pipes and sticks in the early morning hours of June 13, 2013, at the Carmichael Road Detention Centre.

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Mitchell urged release of Cubans he now calls a risk to security

FRED Mitchell, the Minister of Immigration and Foreign Affairs, claimed on Friday that two Cubans who had been detained unlawfully for nearly three years and released by the Supreme Court last week were “national security risks”, three months after he had sought Cabinet approval for their release on parole into the Bahamian population.

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Cubans relieved after release; Mitchell announces investigation

TWO Cubans released from prison after they were unlawfully detained for nearly three years expressed relief on Friday as Foreign Affairs Minister Fred Mitchell announced that an investigation has been launched into why the Supreme Court was persuaded to free them.

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