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Events on Saturday 22 April 2000 1
2000Federal agents seize Elian GonzalezAn armed dawn raid in Miami ends an international custody disputeBefore dawn on 22 April 2000 armed United States federal agents removed six-year-old Elian Gonzalez from the home of Miami relatives to reunite him with his father, ending a months-long standoff over the Cuban boy rescued at sea. A news photograph of an agent confronting the child with a rifle became iconic. Elian returned to Cuba with his father in June.