“Elián the Sequel” Just Won’t Go Away

We remain gripped by the plight of that young Cuban girl who still doesn’t know whether she’s staying with her foster parents in Miami, or working as a pig herder in Cuba for the rest of her life. The latest developments from last week were that a circuit court judge upheld biological father Rafael Izquierdo’s claim that he was fit to take her home. Now it looks like someone is playing naughty. Joe Cubas, the foster father of the little girl, revealed that his foster-daughter was forced to make a videotape asking to return to Cuba with her biological father.

According to Cubas, the girl said Izquierdo and wife Yanara Alvarez told her to say into a camera that she wanted to return to Cuba with them. ”I asked her, if Yanara and Mr. Izquierdo told you to say that, who was filming?” Cubas said at the hearing. “She said it was Magda [Davis the attorney].” [Ed Note: dun dun dun!] Davis, sitting next to Izquierdo, laughed in disbelief when her name was mentioned, at one point exclaiming “Jesus Christ.”

Jesus is right. If this plot gets any thicker we’re going to need a spreadsheet.

New twist in Cuban girl’s custody battle [Miami Herald]
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