US EditionCuban woman gets 7 1/2 years in prison for human smuggling conspiracy that led to 16 deaths
- A Cuban woman, Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves, was sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for her involvement in a human smuggling conspiracy that resulted in 16 deaths, according to court records.
- Dominguez-Nieves collected over $11,500 from migrant families for the promise of transporting them from Cuba to the U.S., with assistance from her boyfriend in Cuba for logistics.
- The operation involved loading approximately 18 migrants onto a small vessel without life jackets, which tragically sank during the journey, leading to the drowning deaths of several victims, including children.
- The victims included children aged nine months to seven years old, with four bodies recovered at sea, their deaths ruled as drowning by officials.
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Cuban woman sentenced to 7.5 years in human smuggling case that killed 16
Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves, 26, who had been living in Sebring, Florida, was sentenced in Miami federal court, according to court records. She pleaded guilty in January to conspiring to smuggle people into the US.
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Cuban woman gets 7 1/2 years in prison for human smuggling conspiracy that led to 16 deaths
A Cuban woman who had come to the United States illegally has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in prison for her part in a human smuggling operation that led to the deaths of 16 people.
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