Cubans try to pass as Mexicans in Chiapas

Cuarto Poder (Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas) 1/28/09



Twelve Cubans who attempted to pass off as Mexicans by presenting fraudulent Mexican voter I.D.’s were arrested in Chiapas by Mex. federal police. The group was being transported in two vehicles, one driven by another Cuban and the other by a Russian. The drivers, Fabian Robaian Zajarov, 34, a Russian, and Yoel F. Escalante, 36, were both said to be permanent residents of the U.S.