A judge in Samaná has handed down three months in preventive custody to a man accused of trying to take nine Dominicans to Puerto Rico on a boat that capsized on 12 December 2018 off the coast of Samaná, leading to the death of one woman and the disappearance of others.
Daniel Agueda is accused of illegal human trafficking leading to the death of 29-year old Yafreisy Alexandra Mora, who drowned. Several people also disappeared, including a supposed other Captain, José Olea.
Agueda will complete his coercive measures in Samaná jail. It was established that he was the person seen taking the illegal migrants on the boat and they had paid around RD$10,000 each for the journey. The boat sank in an area called Boca del Diablo, off Las Galeras.
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Listin Diario
17 April 2019