U.S. Coast Guard Detains Nearly 400 Haitian Illegals Crammed on 50-Foot Boat
The U.S. Coast Guard detained a 50-foot boat crammed with nearly 400 Haitian migrants near the Bahamas on Saturday in what Bahamian officials described as one of the largest human smuggling incidents in the region.The 396 migrants were intercepted near the remote Cay Sal Bank, an island located between Florida and Cuba, the Bahamian Department of Immigration said Sunday night.Nicole Groll, a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) sp …