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Elian Gonzalez Sparked a Cuba-U.S Firestorm 15 Years Ago
A look back at the international custody fight over the young castaway, Elian Gonzalez.
Elian Gonzalez is held in a closet by Donato Dalrymple, one of the two men who rescued the Cuban boy from the ocean, right, as government officials search the home of Lazaro Gonzalez for the young boy in Miami on April 22, 2000. Armed federal agents seized Elian Gonzalez from the home of his Miami relatives before dawn Saturday, firing tear gas into an angry crowd as they left the scene with the weeping 6-year-old boy.Alan Diaz / AP, file