Exclusive new photos of Elian Gonzalez, the now-21-year-old industrial engineering student at the University of Matanzas in Cuba, have been released to ABC News.
They are the most recent photos released of Gonzalez by Fidel Castro’s former personal photographer.
Gonzalez, who was 6 when he was at the center of a 1999-2000 tug-of-war between the U.S. and Cuba, and, according to Cuban press reports, is now a karate- and swimming-loving university student who enjoys going to movies and hanging out with friends.
TEXT Elian Gonzalez: What the Boy Once in the Middle of a US-Cuba Tug of War Is Up to Today April 22, 2000: Elian Gonzalez Seized in Raid PHOTOS: Elian Gonzalez Through the YearsThe photos were taken of Gonzalez and his family by renowned Cuban photographer Roberto Chile. Chile was the personal photographer to Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader and former president.