Two Cuban refugees on the run
(CNS): Cayman officials are currently on the lookout for two Cuban refugees who have escaped from the Immigration Detention Centre. Wilfredo Alarcon (left) and Francisco Perez Rodrigues (below), who were detained at the Fairbanks location, were discovered missing last night, Thursday 3 January. The private security company which manages the refugees awaiting deportation back to Cuba found that the two were missing from the holding facility during a routine head-count. Immigration, RCIPS and other uniformed agencies have all been alerted, officials stated in a release on Friday evening.
Wilfredo Alarcon (22) was born on 15 October 1990. He is five-feet eight-inches tall and weighs 130lbs with short black hair and brown eyes. His fellow migrant Francisco Perez Rodrigues (23) was born on 18 April 1989. He is five-feet six-inches tall and weighs 160lbs. He has short black hair and brown eyes. The men are both from a group of 25 refugees that arrived in Cayman earlier last year and not from the most recent group which arrived on 27 December.
The centre is currently housing 28 migrants, the largest total of refugees for some years, government officials stated. All of them are being held for processing and determinations of any asylum claims
Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Alarcon and Rodriguez should contact 526-0480, 526-7937, 526-0433 or 949-8344, or any immigration or police officer.
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Well they escaped from Cuba!
What would make you all think that they can't escaped from the Immigration Detention C? I would think escaping from Fidal would be a hell of a lot more or a challenging that escaping from the Immigration Detention Center.
SMH, Q : How many times have this happened in the past? Answer: Too Many!!! Do you not think its time to replace the security company who maybe putting the public in danger? We have no way of knowing what criminal background these 2 may have elsewhere.
Why don't we have proper facilities to house these refugees, these are people seeking a better life, why do they have to be treated like criminals and locked down like prisoners? run, run, run !!!!
How many times already have these Cubans escaped. Isn't it a private security company that is supposively guarding them??? LOL..do you not think it is time to rethink on who is guarding these prisoners??????
Wait, I thought that the private sector always does things much better, for a lot less money, than the public service. What happened?
The principle work less well in Cayman as contracts tend to be given to political friends rather than the best service providers.
Just to be clear, my comment was simply a stab, at making people think about the "Private Sector = Good" vs. "Public Sector = Bad" Mantra, that is posted way too often, here and on other sites.
It was neither intended to be a criticism of the company, nor an endorsment of civil service.
Things are way more complicated….