ISLAMORADA, Fla. — Twenty migrants were rescued from the water after a boat they were on capsized Friday morning near Islamorada, the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed.
Coast Guard officials initially said three people made landfall and one person was possibly missing. The U.S. Border Patrol later tweeted that it had four migrants in their custody, who are from Cuba.
Officials confirmed there were no children onboard the boat.
Sky 10 was above the scene shortly after 2 p.m. as a Coast Guard boat was near the migrants’ boat, which had sunk.
The people who were detained have been transferred to a Coast Guard cutter and will be repatriated to Cuba.
Copyright 2022 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.
