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19 bodies found in vessel drifting in the Caribbean Sea

  • Authorities in St. Kitts and Nevis are investigating the discovery of at least 19 bodies found drifting in the Caribbean Sea.
  • The boat was partially submerged and contained decomposed human remains, complicating the identification process.
  • Officials believe the vessel may have originated off the West African coast.
  • The boat is identified as a fishing vessel, which is unusual for the Caribbean region.
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Their bodies arrived in the Caribbean, but their stories remained on the other side of the Atlantic. A cayuco with 19 corpses on board was located on Thursday off the coast of San Cristobal and Nieves. This is the second precarious boat to follow the Canarian route that arrives this week to the Caribbean after drifting about 4,700 kilometers.

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They were dreaming of Europe. For this reason, from the coast of Northwest Africa, they had set out on their way to the Canary Islands. Instead, they ended up drifting, arriving in the Caribbean after traveling more than five thousand kilometers. It is the story of 19 migrants, who were found dead by the local coast guard, who recovered the bodies from the gulet on Wednesday. The bodies, 19 and not 13 as initially reported by the authorities, we…

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CBC Barbados broke the news on Thursday, January 30, 2025.
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