40 people rescued and several missing after boat capsizes in waters west of Puerto Rico
The Coast Guard said the boat carried about 60 people and that a machete fight forced passengers overboard without life jackets.
- On Monday, the Coast Guard rescued at least 40 people after a makeshift boat carrying an estimated 60 migrants capsized approximately 10 miles off Mona Island.
- The vessel capsized late Sunday at about 11 p.m. after a fight involving a machete forced passengers to jump overboard without life vests.
- Survivors spent more than 12 hours in the water before the Motor Vessel Tripiti spotted them Monday around noon, helping rescue four people initially.
- Two people were recovered deceased while the Coast Guard Sector San Juan and the Dominican Republic Air Force continued search efforts Monday evening.
- Migrants fleeing gang violence in Haiti, which has displaced 1.5 million people, often navigate the treacherous Mona Passage on makeshift vessels, marking Monday as the latest deadly voyage.
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San Juan, Sep 30 (EFE).- The U.S. Coast Guard in San Juan continues this Wednesday the search for ten missing migrants, after a shipwreck of an "improvised boat" on Sunday night with 62 people on board near the island of Mona, a nature reserve located in western Puerto Rico. [...] La entrada Buscan a 10 disappeared after shipwreck with 3 dead and 49 rescued in Puerto Rico was first published in HolaNews.
10 Missing After Machete Attack Causes Panic on Boat
The US Coast Guard said Tuesday it had rescued 49 people and was searching for 10 others after a boat carrying migrants recently capsized in open waters west of Puerto Rico. At least three bodies have been recovered since the boat, carrying 62 passengers, overturned late Sunday near Mona Island,...
10 missing after boat carrying dozens of migrants capsizes near Puerto Rico: US Coast Guard
The U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday it had rescued 49 people and was searching for 10 others after a boat carrying migrants recently capsized in open waters west of Puerto Rico.
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