Growing number of exiles choose Cuba to rest in peace

“There are no records on how many bodies are shipped annually to Cuba, according to the office of Vital Statistics for Florida, the Cuban Interests Section, and the U.S. Treasury Department, which oversees the trade embargo with Cuba.

But Florida Funeral Home — one of a dozen licensed by the Treasury Department to make the shipments to Cuba — sent nearly 80 last year, up from 25 in 2004. National Funeral Homes Group, another local operator, sent about 240 last year.”

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