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Police: Naked Florida man jumps airport fence to 'go back to Cuba'

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Credit: Miami-Dade County Sheriff's Office

Credit: Miami-Dade County Sheriff's Office

By Zach Dennis

May 17, 2016

A man was arrested in Miami last week after police said he ran naked toward an airport hangar in an attempt to “get back to Cuba.”

Ricardo Nogales, 47, jumped the perimeter fence at Miami International Airport on May 11 and entered the restricted airfield area, NBC Miami reports.

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Officers found him naked and trying to enter an airport hangar, saying that he jumped the fence because he “wanted to go back to Cuba.” He was arrested on a breach of security charge.

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