Human smuggling

Judge in Miami sentences woman who pleaded guilty in case of 16 Cubans dead at sea

A judge in Miami federal court Friday sentenced a 26-year-old woman who admitted to helping smuggle a group of Cuban migrants -- including a 9-month-old baby, children, and teenagers -- who died at sea.

Cuban human smugglers await sentencing after caught in boat with 18 Ecuadorians, feds say

After a U.S. Coast Guard crew reported a suspicious go-fast boat in the Bahamas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers joined a pursuit.