More Than 30 Suspected Cuban Migrants Found In Boat During Keys Traffic Stop

MARATHON (CBSMiami) – More than 30 suspected Cuban migrants were recovered hiding successful a go-fast vessel during a postulation halt connected U.S. 1 successful the Florida Keys connected Monday morning.

The radical included 2 large women, 3 young children ages 1½, 4, and 5 successful the motortruck pulling the boat, and a 17-year-old for a full of 32 fishy migrants.

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A Monroe County sheriff’s lawman pulled implicit the rental motortruck astir 6 a.m. aft helium noticed it going slower than the velocity limit. The lawman noted the children successful the truck, the deficiency of kid information seats arsenic good arsenic the overwhelming odor of saltwater and assemblage odor.

The operator of the truck, 29-year-old Reidel Garcia-Espino, was charged with kid neglect since nary of the 3 children successful the motortruck were restrained by immoderate benignant of spot loop oregon kid seat.

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Garcia-Espino said they had been fishing, but the sheriff’s bureau said determination was nary sportfishing cogwheel connected the boat.

The migrants were turned implicit to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

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Garcia-Espino was taken to jailhouse connected the kid neglect charge.

CBSMiami.com Team