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Little League coach from Cuban team missing
Little League officials say Jose Perez left the International Complex in South Williamsport Saturday night.
Author: WNEP Web Staff
Published: 9:00 AM EDT August 21, 2023
Updated: 9:01 AM EDT August 21, 2023
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. One of the coaches of the Cuban team at the Little League World Series is missing.
Little League officials say Jose Perez left the International Complex in South Williamsport Saturday night.
Officials add they have notified authorities that Jose Perez is missing.
The Cuban Baseball Federation signed an agreement on Saturday to continue the relationship with Little League International through 2025.
Cuba was knocked out of the tournament with a loss to Panama on Sunday.
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Little League coach from Cuban team missing
Little League officials say Jose Perez left the International Complex in South Williamsport Saturday night.
Author: WNEP Web Staff
Published: 9:00 AM EDT August 21, 2023
Updated: 9:01 AM EDT August 21, 2023
SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. One of the coaches of the Cuban team at the Little League World Series is missing.
Little League officials say Jose Perez left the International Complex in South Williamsport Saturday night.
Officials add they have notified authorities that Jose Perez is missing.
The Cuban Baseball Federation signed an agreement on Saturday to continue the relationship with Little League International through 2025.
Cuba was knocked out of the tournament with a loss to Panama on Sunday.
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Little League coach from Cuban team missing (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Aug 2023
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elleng
(138,404 posts)1. Sounds like an interesting movie theme.
(Hope he's OK.)
Sanity Claws
(22,129 posts)2. Asking for asylum?
It used to common for defections to occur when athletes visited from Communist countries.
getagrip_already
(17,628 posts)3. If he is in the us, he doesn't need it - dry foot.....
Unless he signed something surrendering his right to claim us citizenship under the dry foot provisions, he is automatically eligible for citizenship.
Don't know what the particulars of these quasi diplomatic trips are though. This isn't just a migrant coming over on a boat.