A massive search for 34 people still unaccounted for from a boat that capsized in the Straits of Florida on Saturday will be suspended at sundown on Thursday after a U.S. Coast Guard official announced there are likely no other survivors.
The suspected smuggling ship capsized shortly after leaving Bimini Saturday evening.boat that capsized
Only one of 40 people believed to have been on what investigators suspect was a human-smuggling vessel was found alive, clinging to the hull of the boat, officials said.A man, who says he was one of 40 people who left Bimini, Bahamas, on Saturday before encountering severe weather, sits on a capsized boat off the coast of Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida, Jan. 25, 2022.
The survivor told investigators that a total of 40 people were aboard the boat when it flipped over in rough sea conditions after launching from Bimini Island in the Bahamas on Saturday evening, Burdian said.Joshua Nelson, operations manager for the tug-in barge that rescued the man, said the survivor told the crew that his sister was on the boat and among those unaccounted for. Nelson, who was not on the barge owned by Signet Maritime Corp.
"The goal of this investigation is to identify, arrest and prosecute any criminal or criminal organization that organized, facilitated or profited from this doomed venture," Salisbury said.
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