The U.S. has launched a criminal probe into whether a smuggling ring is behind a boat that capsized off Florida with 40 migrants onboard. The Coast Guard says one survivor and one body have been found and it is searching for the other 38 people.
The accident killed at least one person and left a single known survivor, and U.S. authorities launched a criminal investigation.
The weather forecast through Thursday calls for scattered rain and thunderstorms in the search area, with swells cresting at 2 to 3 feet and winds blowing at 12 to 15 mph . The National Weather Service described conditions as “relatively benign” until a strong cold front arrives on Friday. Agents have interviewed the survivor, but Salisbury would not identify the man or his nationality, nor reveal the nationalities of any others believed to have been on the vessel.
Burdian would not provide any more details, saying he’s now in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security. For the most part, these migrants are from Haiti and Cuba, but the Royal Bahamas Defense Force has reported apprehending migrants from other parts of the world, including from Colombia and Ecuador earlier this month.
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