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The so-called ‘coyotes’, criminals who traffic with human need, left 94 migrants, including 31 minors, stranded on the high seas, to their fate and adrift, in the Gulf of Urabá when they tried to take them irregularly to Panama.
“After suffering a mechanical damage, the motorist who was carrying this boat left them abandoned at the mercy of the sea conditions,” assured Captain Octavio Gutiérrez, Caribbean Coast Guard commander.
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The boat was assisted by fishermen who towed it to a coast guard post.
“Thanks to the assistance of a fishing boat, which was in the area, they were towed to the Sapzurro where the Urabá coast guard has an outpost,” added Captain Gutiérrez.
Later, the National Navy transferred them to Turbo, Antioquia, where they were made available to Migración Colombia and the Police for Children and Adolescents. All had left Haiti and, apparently, had entered Colombia from the south until reaching the Urabá region. His goal was to reach the United States.
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This time they were citizens of Haiti, but the same seaway is used permanently for the transit of Cuban, Asian and African citizens.
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