Mia Zapata
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Mia Katherine Zapata was an American musician who was the lead vocalist and lyricist of the punk rock band the Gits. As part of the burgeoning Seattle music scene, she was noted for her powerful vocal
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Comet Tavern in Capitol Hill
Mug shot of Jesus Mezquia taken following his arrest by the Miami Police Department in 2003.
Mariel boatlift
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The Mariel boatlift was a mass emigration of Cubans who traveled from Cuba's Mariel Harbor to the United States between April 15 and October 31, 1980. The term "Marielito" is used to refer to these re
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…Washington State Patrol Crime Laboratory identified the perpetrator as 48-year-old fisherman Jesus Mezquia. Mezquia had come from Cuba in 1980 in the Mariel boatlift and moved to Seattle in 1992, where he resided until 1994. A DNA profile was extracted from saliva found on a bite mark on Zapata's breast and kept in…
Cuban refugees arriving in crowded boats during the Mariel boatlift crisis in 1980
Demonstrations in Cuba expressing disdain for Marielitos and support for the government
An overloaded boat of Marielitos in Key West
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel in Key West during the Mariel boatlift