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Cuban man with pending hernia surgery deported to Equatorial Guinea, family says

Sep 19, 2026

Country of origin: Cuba

Cuban man with pending hernia surgery deported to Equatorial Guinea, family says
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Leonardo Sánchez, a Cuban migrant with a large abdominal hernia and a pending operation, was deported to Equatorial Guinea and is being held at the Hotel Bamy in Malabo. His mother, Caridad, said from Miami that she has not heard from him in a week because authorities took away detainees' phones to prevent them from speaking with the press. "What they're doing is criminal; the treatment is unfair," she said.

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