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Cuban Woman Who Traveled To Fla. In DHL Crate Receives Asylum

POSTED: 1:26 pm EST November 15, 2005

MIAMI — A Cuban woman who stowed away inside a wooden crate flown by a cargo plane from the Bahamas to Miami will be allowed to stay permanently in the United States.

Sandra De los Santos received political asylum Monday, nearly 15 months after a crew unloading the filing-cabinet sized DHL crate discovered her at Miami International Airport.

“Now I really feel that I am firmly here, without fear,” De los Santos, 25, said after her hearing in Miami immigration court. “I am still nervous, but today I consider myself touched with happiness.”

De los Santos said she was studying English and hoped to become an ultrasound technician. (more…)

A future medical professional packing herself in a box to be delivered to the US?

Please take pause on this one.