`Elian-in-reverse' case reunion

Blanca Arena, Cuba - An American man whose five-ear-old boy was smuggled into Cuba by his mother met them both yesterday in an…

Blanca Arena, Cuba - An American man whose five-ear-old boy was smuggled into Cuba by his mother met them both yesterday in an attempt to win back his son

in a case called "Elian-in-reverse" because of parallels with the Elian Gonzalez saga.

Mr Jon Kenneth Colombini met US diplomats in Havana seeking their help and then travelled to a tiny village where his former wife and their son have been since last month. The boy and his mother turned up last month in Cuba after fleeing by speedboat from Florida.

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