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The "Tugboat massacre" is the name given by Cuban-Americans, exiles, and dissidents, to a July 13, 1994, incident where 41 Cubans who attempted to leave the island of Cuba on a hijacked tugboat drowned at sea.〔(Survivor of 13 de Marzo Tugboat Sinking Arrives in Exile ) ''AP'', May 26, 1999〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Human rights activists pay tribute to the victims of the March 13th Tugboat Massacre )〕 The Cuban archive project, a New York City based organization which promotes human rights in Cuba, has alleged that the Cuban coast guard deliberately sank the commandeered vessel and then refused to rescue some of the passengers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Cuba: The Tugboat Massacre of July 13, 1994 )〕 For their part, the Cuban government has denied responsibility, and stated that the boat was sunk by accident.〔 ==Incident== On July 13, 1994, at approximately three in the morning, around seventy men, women, and children boarded the tugboat "13 de Marzo" ''(13th of March)''. With all vessels in Cuba owned by the state, it would have been illegal to acquire such a boat.〔 It is alleged that around seven miles northeast of Havana harbor, Cuban coast guard vessels rammed the tugboat repeatedly causing it to split and take on water, eventually causing it to sink.〔 It is said that while the tugboat was sinking that those aboard the state owned vessels were spraying the people aboard the tugboat with firefighting hoses. According to survivor María Victoria García, who resettled in the United States in 1999 thanks to a visa obtained for her by the Miami-based Cuban American National Foundation,〔 the government vessels refused to provide assistance to some of the distressed passengers. As a result only 31 survivors were pulled from the water.〔 Ms. García, whose ten-year-old son, husband, and other close family members died in the incident, has stated:〔 International leaders, including the Pope, made statements about the incident and expressed condolences to the victims.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tugboat massacre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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