Eight Cuban Acrobatic Jugglers Turn Into Vanishing Act In Mexico

Eight Cuban performers decided to trade in their juggling pins for cell phones before vanishing in Mexico, presumably in order to defect to the United States. Shazam, compay!:

The six men and two women, the entire juggling and high-flying acrobatics act of Havana-based Circuba, arrived in the Mexican state of Queretaro last week for an annual festival of musicians, actors and artists from around the world.

The group was part of a troupe of more than 20 Cuban performers attending the fair for the second year in a row.

“They arrived on Thursday, bought cell phones, and by eight in the morning on Friday they were gone,” said Guadalupe Navarro, a spokeswoman for the Queretaro fair.

Cubans are constantly showing-off. Yes, Cuba, we get it. No need for the gross propaganda. You have the best, most literate escape artists in the world. Whatever.

Cuban circus juggling act vanishes on Mexican tour [Scotsman]