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| Cuba to turn over 'kidnapping parents' to US | Cuba to turn over 'kidnapping parents' to US |
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| Cuban authorities say they will turn over a US couple accused of kidnapping their two sons from their grandparents and fleeing to Cuba by boat. | Cuban authorities say they will turn over a US couple accused of kidnapping their two sons from their grandparents and fleeing to Cuba by boat. |
| A foreign ministry official did not say when the handover of Joshua and Sharyn Hakken, and their sons, would happen. | A foreign ministry official did not say when the handover of Joshua and Sharyn Hakken, and their sons, would happen. |
| US authorities say Mr Hakken took Cole, four, and Chase, two, from his mother-in-law's Florida home after she was awarded custody of them last week. | US authorities say Mr Hakken took Cole, four, and Chase, two, from his mother-in-law's Florida home after she was awarded custody of them last week. |
| Mr Hakken lost custody after being charged with marijuana possession. | Mr Hakken lost custody after being charged with marijuana possession. |
| He allegedly also tried to remove the children from a foster home at gunpoint, police said. | He allegedly also tried to remove the children from a foster home at gunpoint, police said. |
| Cuban co-operation | Cuban co-operation |
| The family had been staying in their boat at the Hemingway Marina near the Cuban capital Havana. | The family had been staying in their boat at the Hemingway Marina near the Cuban capital Havana. |
| Mr Hakken is wanted in the US for two counts of kidnapping, interfering with child custody, child neglect, false imprisonment and other charges. | Mr Hakken is wanted in the US for two counts of kidnapping, interfering with child custody, child neglect, false imprisonment and other charges. |
| Officials at Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Florida said Mr Hakken had tied up his mother-in-law in her house in Tampa before fleeing with the two boys. | |
| Cuba does not have an extradition treaty with the US and is not a signatory to the international treaty, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. | Cuba does not have an extradition treaty with the US and is not a signatory to the international treaty, the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. |
| But in recent years Cuba has co-operated with the US and returned fugitives wanted on criminal charges. | But in recent years Cuba has co-operated with the US and returned fugitives wanted on criminal charges. |
| In 1999, tensions flared between the Cold War rivals amid the custody battle over five-year-old Elian Gonzalez. | In 1999, tensions flared between the Cold War rivals amid the custody battle over five-year-old Elian Gonzalez. |
| He was found hanging on to the inner tube of a tyre off the coast of Florida, after his mother and other relatives perished while fleeing Cuba for the US. | He was found hanging on to the inner tube of a tyre off the coast of Florida, after his mother and other relatives perished while fleeing Cuba for the US. |
| He was taken to live with relatives in Miami, but his father in Cuba demanded he be returned. | He was taken to live with relatives in Miami, but his father in Cuba demanded he be returned. |
| He was eventually sent back to Cuba in 2000 and, now a young man, has joined a military academy. | He was eventually sent back to Cuba in 2000 and, now a young man, has joined a military academy. |