MIAMI, USA (AFP): A Cuban woman who shipped herself to Miami in a small crate will be allowed to remain in the United States, officials said Wednesday. "The woman, a Cuban national in her twenties, apparently with the assistance of others, shipped herself to the United States from Nassau, Bahamas," said Zachary Mann, a spokesman for the US Customs and Border Protection. Workers for the DHL air cargo company found the woman Tuesday night hiding inside a crate the size of a small filing cabinet, he said. The flight took about one hour, during which the woman would have been exposed to freezing conditions. Officials did not immediately say how she got to the Bahamas from Cuba. The woman was interviewed by US immigration officials Wednesday and was set to be released after undergoing medical examinations. "She will be paroled into the community," said immigration spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez. Hundreds of people flee communist Cuba every year and try to enter the United States illegally. Most travel by boat, and the US Coast Guard has detained 1,152 would-be migrants from Cuba so far this year. Reprinted from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.com