52 Haitian Migrants Land In Florida Keys In Smuggling Effort

MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Federal agents said that much than 50 Haitian migrants landed successful the Florida Keys connected Friday.

The 52 migrants were portion of a maritime smuggling cognition and they were taken into national custody successful Key Largo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection tweeted.

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In a abstracted incident, national agents said 9 migrants of mixed nationalist root besides made landfall Friday successful Fort Lauderdale.

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The bureau said agents were continuing to investigate.

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