Coast Guard suspends search for 9 Cuban migrants now presumed dead

Coast Guard searches for Cuban migrants after man survives

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. – The U.S. Coast Guard announced in a tweet Wednesday that the search for the missing 9 Cuban migrants off Lake Worth Beach has been suspended.

According to the Coast Guard, “crews searched 2,485 miles with no signs of distress.”

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The agency tweeted that crews were searching for survivors on Tuesday off Lake Worth Beach after a boat with Cuban migrants capsized.

A good Samaritan rescued a survivor on Sunday who reported he had made the voyage from Cuba with nine others.

“Our condolences go out to the loved ones of those lost at sea,” said a Coast Guard official.


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