A couple accused of kidnapping their two young sons and fleeing by boat to Cuba has been booked into a Florida jail after being handed over to US authorities.
On Tuesday US police said they had information that the family - Joshua Hakken, his wife Sharyn and their sons - had arrived on the island nation 90 miles off the coast of Florida.
Authorities said Hakken kidnapped four-year-old Cole and two-year-old Chase, from his mother-in-law's house north of Tampa. The boys' maternal grandparents had been granted permanent custody of the boys last week.
According to a website for the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, the couple are being held on a number of charges including kidnapping, child neglect and interference with custody.
Joshua Hakken and his wife in Cuba Cuban Foreign Ministry official Johana Tablada said in a written statement Cuba had informed the US of the country's decision to hand the couple over.
Ms Tablada said Cuba told the State Department of the Hakkens' presence on Sunday, and that "diplomatic contact has been exchanged and a professional and constant communication has been maintained."
Cuba and the US have not historically maintained diplomatic ties.
Earlier the El Nuevo Herald reported the family was in the custody of Cuban immigration officials and was being tended to by US consular officials.
The boat the family is thought to have fled from Florida on A reporter for the Associated Press spotted what appeared to be the family and their boat earlier on Tuesday at the Hemingway Marina in Havana.
The reporter said the family appeared to interact normally with one another, though the man - presumed to be Hakken - warned the journalist off.
Police said Hakken entered his mother-in-law's house on Wednesday, tied her up and fled with his sons.
Authorities had been searching the massive Gulf of Mexico by air and sea for a 25-foot boat he had recently purchased.
The truck the family had been travelling in was found abandoned late on Thursday in a coastal parking garage.
The boys had been living with their maternal grandparents since 2012, after Hakken was arrested for drug possession. At one point he reportedly tried to take them from a foster home at gunpoint.
Police have previously characterised the Hakkens as "anti-government".
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