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The daughter of Cuban Vice President Marino Murillo has defected and is reportedly living in the United States. According to a report in the online version of US Spanish-language newspaper El Nuevo Herald, Glenda Murillo Diaz, 24 crossed over into Texas from Mexico . She is now living in Tampa , Florida , the site of the Republican National Convention, the report said. According to The Telegraph, the cause of Diaz's defection is not yet known. The Spanish newspaper, however, said the incident represents 'a vote of no confidence in the economic reforms (President Raul) Castro has ordered, and that her father has a mandate to implement.' Cuba 's vice president, an economist by trade, is known as the 'reform tsar.' According to the paper, Cubans who set foot on US soil are allowed to remain in the country as part of Washington 's 'wet foot, dry foot' policy.

Cuban Vice-President Marino Murillo's daughter Glenda defects to US