Three dead in Miami shipwreck

[NewsWhore]

A group of 40 (or 42) illegal immigrants, most from the Dominican Republic were shipwrecked off the coast of Miami Beach in South Florida over the weekend. Three were found dead in the Atlantic while rescuers are searching for nine others who are said to be missing. According to El Caribe, a spokesperson for the Customs and Border Protection said that "three are dead and thirty have been rescued." The spokesperson continued: "We are looking for another nine persons, approximately, who apparently have disappeared." These statements came after the Coast Guard interviewed the rescued travelers and indicated that the total number of people on board was more than 40. The latest rescues were carried out late in the day and some of the immigrants were found exhausted after they got to the beach. It was not immediately clear whether the people went into the water because the boat was in trouble or to escape from the authorities. The Coast Guard report says that as well as the Dominicans, four Brazilians were in the group. The nationality of the three deceased was not immediately available, nor was the registry of the ship that carried the Dominican flag.

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