MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – Federal officials took 45 stranded Cuban migrants into custody after their boat landed on an uninhabited island in the Florida Keys Friday, a U.S. Border Patrol official said.
Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar, who heads the Border Patrol’s Miami sector, tweeted that the migrants came in on a fishing vessel, landing in the Marquesas Keys.
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Officials with the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs & Border Protection Air and Marine Operations division assisted in the rescue, he said.
Earlier in the day, officials rescued 20 migrants from the water after their boat capsized off the coast of Islamorada. Four migrants reportedly made it to land.
On Thursday afternoon, three Cuban migrants swam to shore after officials intercepted their boat off the coast of Hollywood Beach. Roughly a dozen others were taken into custody at sea.
#𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙉𝙤𝙬: 45 Cuban migrants were taken into Border Patrol custody after making landfall in the Marquesas Keys on a fishing vessel. @USCGSouthEast & @CBPAMORegDirSE rescued the migrants, who were stranded on the uninhabited island. #friday #cuba #southflorida pic.twitter.com/ILetSwMfH4
— Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar (@USBPChiefMIP) September 2, 2022