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20 dead in boat near Turks and Caicos Islands


The authorities are investigating the origin of the ship and the identity of the 25 bodies found near the Turks and Caicos Islands, which are southeast of the Bahamas

Hallan 20 muertos en un barco cerca de Islas Turcas y Caicos
They recently found a boat with immigrants from Mauritania in Trinidad and Tobago.

Photo: Archive / ANTONIO SEMPERE / Getty Images

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San Juan, 26 Jun (EFE News) .- The Police of the Turks and Caicos Islands announced this Saturday that they are investigating the discovery of 20 unidentified bodies found on a boat in the waters of the small Caribbean territory.

The Commissioner of Police of the Turks and Caicos Islands, Trevor Botting , pointed out at a press conference that the vessel is believed to have departed from outside the Caribbean region and that neither neither the Turks and Caicos Islands nor the Bahamas area were their destination.

“Investigators are working to establish their identities and how they found death,” the official said. “This work will take some time to complete. Whatever the circumstances, this is a tragic situation in which many people have lost their lives, ”he said.

“We will do everything possible to identify them and communicate with their families,” said the police chief.

A very distressing scene yesterday which my officers dealt with professionally and with great dignity and humanity. # humantragedy pic.twitter.com/UXoyDYrojA

– Trevor Botting (@Chief_of_Police) June 25, 2021

Commissioner Botting added that this incident was a very distressing human tragedy.

“An investigation is underway to establish your identity, the cause of death and the circumstances that led them to be found in the waters of the Turks and Caicos Islands ”, he concluded.

The official did not give any clue as to where the boat could have departed or the nationality of the deceased.

The hall azgo in Turks and Caicos Islands follows last May in the region, when an artisanal fishing vessel was located adrift off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago in which They were found 06 bodies of people who left Mauritania, on the African continent.

The boat was located on Friday 28 from May 4 nautical miles off the coast of the town of Belle Garden, on the island of Tobago.

At the end of April about a dozen Venezuelan citizens died while trying to arrive in Trinidad and Tobago.

In recent times, it has been common for citizens of Venezuela to arrive irregularly on the shores of Trinidad and Tobago.

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