Fifteen Dominicans were arrested on 15 January 2018, some three nautical miles from Rincon, a municipality in the north west of Puerto Rico, while trying to enter the country illegally.
According to the authorities the group was travelling in a 16-foot fiberglass yola, when they were arrested at 2:45am, by the maritime unit of the Aguadilla, Puerto Rico police. The group was then handed over to the United States Coast Guard which is in charge of processing their deportation.
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Listin Diario
16 January 2018
