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BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) - Yelling "Hey, Colombian people!" five Colombian stowaways emerged jubilantly from a ship they thought had docked in Miami only to discover they were still in their homeland after five days at sea, police said on Friday.
The Dutch-flagged cargo ship carrying the unfortunate five, which sailed from Buenaventura on Sunday, had mechanical problems which meant that its five-day journey only took it as far as another Colombian port, Cartagena, by Thursday.
The stowaways' rudimentary English yells of joy were interrupted when they were arrested by Colombian police.
"They wanted the American dream, but they only made it to Cartagena," said Jorge Araujo, director of the local branch of the DAS detective force, adding that two of the men had previous records as stowaways.
Looking sheepish and giggling, the five were paraded in front of local reporters before being freed and put on a bus back to Buenaventura. Police said the stowaways performed an impromptu rap dramatizing their tragi-comic story.
The Dutch-flagged cargo ship carrying the unfortunate five, which sailed from Buenaventura on Sunday, had mechanical problems which meant that its five-day journey only took it as far as another Colombian port, Cartagena, by Thursday.
The stowaways' rudimentary English yells of joy were interrupted when they were arrested by Colombian police.
"They wanted the American dream, but they only made it to Cartagena," said Jorge Araujo, director of the local branch of the DAS detective force, adding that two of the men had previous records as stowaways.
Looking sheepish and giggling, the five were paraded in front of local reporters before being freed and put on a bus back to Buenaventura. Police said the stowaways performed an impromptu rap dramatizing their tragi-comic story.
