Elián González

About Elián González

After his mother drowned in their emigration attempt, a Cuban youngster was controversially apprehended by federal agents in Miami, Florida, and repatriated to his native Cuba in 2000.

Elián González Brotons is a Cuban citizen who was caught up in an international custody and immigration dispute in 2000 involving the Cuban and American governments, his father Juan Miguel González Quintana, other relatives in Cuba and Miami, and the Cuban community in Miami. . González's mother, Elizabeth Brotons Rodríguez, drowned in November 1999 as she tried to leave Cuba with González and her boyfriend for the United States. Elián Gonzalez was five years old when he was found nestled in an inner tube floating in the sea three miles off the coast of Fort Lauderdale in Florida. Two fishermen tracked down Elián and reluctantly handed him over to the US Coast Guard as they feared he would be returned to Cuba under the wet legs policy because he had not yet entered the continent. The Coast Guard assured them that Elián would be "medically ashore", assuming he was eligible to stay.

Nationality	Cuban
Born	December 6, 1993, Cárdenas, Cuba
Parent(s)	Juan Miguel González Quintana (father), Elizabeth Brotons Rodríguez (mother, deceased)
Alma mater	University of Matanzas
Relatives	Lázaro González (paternal great-uncle)
Known for	Child custody and immigration case

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Trivia

He joined Cuba's Young Communist Union and began his military training in his mid-teens.

Elián González before fame

In November of 1999, he, his mother, and a group of twelve other travelers departed Cuba by boat. The boat's engine failed, and all but three of the passengers drowned. Elian was one among the people who was rescued by fishermen and handed over to the United States Coast Guard.

Achievement of Elián González

In his mid-teens, he joined Cuba's Young Communist Union and began military training.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Elián González family life

In 1999, his mother drowned while attempting to flee Cuba and join her son in the United States. Following his mother's death, Elian moved in with relatives in Florida for a while. Juan Miguel González Quintana, his father, fought to have him repatriated to Cuba.

Associations of Elián González

The decision to return Elian to his father's custody in Cuba was made by US Attorney General Janet Reno, who also ordered the boy's seizure in the middle of the night in April 2000.

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