By REUTERS

          MIAMI, Jan. 23 -- The grandmothers of Elián González -- having
          made their case for sending their 6-year-old grandson back to his
          father in Cuba -- rested today before returning home on Monday.

          Elián's mother and 10 others drowned last November while trying to
          reach Florida, and the boy, who survived by clinging to an inner tube, is
          living with relatives in Miami at the center of what has become an
          international custody battle.

          The grandmothers, Raquel Rodríguez and Mariela Quintana, arrived in
          New York on Friday and said they would not go to Miami to see Elián.
          They met with Attorney General Janet Reno on Saturday, and today
          attended a service at the Riverside Church.

          "I do not believe they are doing anything else today," said Randy Naylor,
          a spokesman for the National Council of Churches, the group that
          sponsored the visit. "They are exhausted."