Elian Gonzalez waves to supporters as his cousin Marisleysis Gonzalez supports him, outside his Miami home April 21, 2000. The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way June 28, 2000 for shipwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez to return to Cuba, a crushing defeat for his Miami relatives in the international custody fight over the child.
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Elian Gonzalez, famous for being the subject of a bitter custody battle, returns to his hometown of Cardenas, Cuba. He talks about his life now and hope for the future. CNN's Patrick Oppmann has the story.
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Elian Gonzalez waves to supporters as his cousin Marisleysis Gonzalez supports him, outside his Miami home April 21, 2000. The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way June 28, 2000 for shipwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez to return to Cuba, a crushing defeat for his Miami relatives in the international custody fight over the child.
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In this third of seven sequential photos, Elian Gonzalez is held in a closet by Donato Dalrymple, one of the two men who rescued the boy from the ocean, right, as government officials search the home of Lazaro Gonzalez for the young boy, early Saturday morning, April 22, 2000, in Miami. 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.
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367992 15: FILE PHOTO: Marisleysis Gonzalez consoles her cousin, Elian Gonzalez, April 19, 2000 in the Little Havana district of Miami. The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way June 28, 2000 for shipwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez to return to Cuba, a crushing defeat for his Miami relatives in the international custody fight over the child. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Newsmakers)
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