Three years later. in April 2005. the doctors again sought permission to leave Cuba. That permission was once again denied. and they were told they would have to remain in Cuba. Fearing the Castro regime would continue to block their exodus to freedom and reunification with their families. the doctors copied their original United States parole papers and made a desperate attempt to escape tyranny. While on a boat fleeing Cuba. they were picked up by the United States Coast Guard and turned over to the Bahamian Government along with 17 other Cuban nationals at Cay Sal in the Bahamas. Unlike the other refugees. Dr. GonzalezMejias and Dr.
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