At least 24 immigrants have been detained in Islamorada, in the Florida Keys (USA), after the shipwreck of a boat that has left a person missing, the authorities reported this Friday.
On Twitter, the seventh district of the United States Coast Guard indicated that several of its crews responded to the notice of “a good samaritan” after the shipwreck of a precarious boat in Islamorada, one of the tourist keys in southern Florida.
Without indicating the nationality of the shipwrecked, the Coast Guard said that 20 immigrants rescued at sea remain in their custody and four who reached land after the shipwreck are under the control of the US Border Patrol (CBP) in the Miami sector.
“The search for a person reported as missing continues,” reported the institution, and He added that this shipwreck is “the result of an immigration adventure. previously illegal”.
Citing official sources, Local television 10 specified that there were no minors on board of this vessel.
This Thursday, CBP agents detained after making landfall, also in Islamorada, 10 immigrants Cubans traveling in a “rustic boat,” according to CBP chief Walter N. Slosar on Twitter.
According to the authorities, another dozen immigrants were intercepted yesterday at sea off Hollywood Beach, north of Miami, while another three who managed to reach the coast in that same place were detained by CBP agents.
In a statement, the Coast Guard reported that this Thursday 95 Cubans were repatriated “after several interdictions on the Florida coast.”
Since October 1, 2021, the date on which the current fiscal year began, Coast Guard crews have intercepted 5,086 Cuban migrants compared to the 838 intercepted in the previous year, detailed the statement.
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