Horror, Sleaze and Trash.

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This picture depicts 6-year-old Elian Gonzales as he is seized by US Federal Agents during an early morning raid on his family’s home in Little Havana, Florida. 

Elian had had come to Florida after he was found floating in an inner tube in the sea just off Florida. He and his mother, along with 12 others, had attempted to cross from Cuba into Florida in an aluminium boat which capsized. Tragically, Elian’s mother and ten others drowned. He was handed over to the U.S. Coastguard. The U.S. Immigration and Neutralization Service declared that Elian should be sent back to his father in Cuba but a Florida family court granted Elian’s great uncle temporary custody as a legal battle ensued.

On the 20th of April, 2000 Elian was seized and sent back to Cuba.