Navy Chief Homero Luis Lajara Sola says that a ship sighted off Matanzas was bringing asphalt, not waiting for a drug cargo. Peravia senator Wilton Guerrero had asked for an explanation for the ship’s presence near the site of a plane crash in the late evening hours.
The ship, Asphalt Trader, is a Panamanian flag vessel, reportedly with a crew of 24 people, all nationals of the Philippines.