MEXICO CITY, April 13 – At least five gangs involved in trafficking of undocumented Cubans are operating in Cancun and other tourist areas in the Mexican Caribbean with the complicity of authorities, the newspaper Por Esto revealed today. In an extensive article on the issue, the daily, which is published in the state of Quintana Roo, affirms that at least three of these organizations have been completely identified, PL reported.
The article explains that this is a mafia sponsored by the so-called Cuban-American National Foundation (CANF), based in Miami, Florida, in the United States, from which terrorist actions against Cuba are directed.
The newspaper identifies three of the ringleaders of these bands, Alejandro Castro Pérez, Bernardo Pierce Acosta and Alberto García Nuñez, and notes that they are jockeying among each other for control of the profitable business.
Castro Pérez, it adds, also known as Alexander, and García Nuñez are Cuban-born, while Pierce Acosta is Mexican.
Likewise, the article says that the CANF pours millions of dollars into financing the transfer of undocumented Cubans, utilizing Quintana Roo as its center of operations, given the passivity or complicity of authorities.
It warns that, although this is not the first time Por Esto has revealed this type of illegal activity, the authorities are turning a blind eye, and continuing to allow that dangerous trafficking network to do what it wants.
As evidence of that, the article points out that the mafia led by Alejandro Castro Pérez "operates openly, with close protection of the authorities, municipal as well as state and federal."
The newspaper notes that the criminals have made up to $200 million from that illegal trafficking, by crossing migrants illegally into the United States via land.
