The death toll from the sinking over the weekend of a small boat carrying migrants from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico has risen to 43, with the search for the missing continuing, a navy commander told Efe Wednesday.
“I have 18 bodies on land,” navy eastern region commander Capt. Hector Ramon Mendez said by telephone.
The small boat, which was carrying more than 70 illegal immigrants bound for Puerto Rico, sank early Saturday.
The vessel’s stern began breaking up due to strong...
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