Four Cuban national team soccer players defect during tournament in the U.S.

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Four members of Cuba’s national soccer team participating in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the U.S. have defected, escaping a life of slavery to the communist Castro dictatorship.

Via AS:

Four members of Cuba’s men’s national soccer team have seemingly defected while on CONCACAF Gold Cup duty in the United States.

Cuban journalist Francys Romero first broke the news on Wednesday, before it was confirmed by other media outlets – including the Cuban state sports daily, Jit.

The four players are Roberney Caballero, Carlos Denilson Morales, Neisser Sandó and Jassael Herrera.

After Cuba’s 1-0 group-stage defeat to Guatemala in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday, the quartet failed to turn up for the team’s flight from Miami to Houston, where Pablo Elier Sánchez’s side are due to play their second first-round game on Saturday.

These players join dozens of other elite Cuban athletes over the past year who have fled the communist Castro dictatorship and the hunger, slavery, misery, and oppression of 64 years of socialism.

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