[Clark predicted the returnees would be given a "hard time" by Cuban authorities, but Ackerman disagreed. "No harm should come to them," she said, pointing out that a Cuban American agreement allows U.S. diplomats posted in Havana to monitor their treatment.

Concern about the Cubans' fate was heightened because of the harsh treatment meted out by authorities on the island to three men who tried to hijack a Havana ferry and sail it to Florida in April. They were shot by a firing squad after a speedy trial.

On Monday, the Coast Guard returned 11 Cuban men and one woman who had commandeered another boat after the government in Havana pledged not to execute them. The 12 had commandeered the 36-foot Gaviota 16, a Cuban government marine mapping vessel, in the northeastern port of Boca de Nuevitas on July 15. The next day, the vessel was halted by the Coast Guard 60 miles from Miami.]

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