3 Cubans rescued from islet in custody

MIAMI — Three Cubans who capsized and survived 33 days on coconut water, shellfish and rats atop a deserted rocky islet south of Florida were in U.S. immigration custody Thursday.

A Coast Guard helicopter earlier this week spotted the two men and one woman and hoisted them in baskets from a rocky cliff in Anguilla Cay, a Bahamian islet close to Cuba.

The three were taken Wednesday to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Pompano Beach, Fla. Officials said the Cubans had no serious injuries.