NewsWhore
10-02-2006, 05:30 PM
According to the Dominican Navy, they looked for twelve people who are believed missing after two illegal boats were damaged at sea, tossing their occupants into the ocean. According to Listin Diario's Sunday edition, a group of 60 people set sail for Puerto Rico aboard two craft, one a wooden, open outboard and the other a catamaran stolen from a local tourist service near Cortecito in Altagracia Province. According to the reports, the victims had been at sea for three days when they were shipwrecked eight kilometers from Cortecito. Most of the survivors were hanging on to makeshift floats when they were rescued by units of the US Coast Guard, helicopters from the Dominican Navy and local fishermen. The Navy recently announced the halting of at least 51 attempts to make illegal crossings. Today's Diario Libre says that the combined elements of the Navy, Air Force and the US Coast Guard have called off further searches for survivors.
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