Two Fishermen Rescued by Mexico After Floating at Sea in Cooler Box
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A boat carrying migrants that had set sail from Cuba and had been missing since last week has been found near the Yucatan Peninsula, according to Mexican authorities. The post Mexico: Migrants rescued from Cuba on a boat that had been missing since last week appeared first on in.gr.
Cubans often try to leave the island in small boats to reach the US or Mexico, risking their lives.
Mexico rescued, on Thursday, 16 Cuban migrants who were on a driftboat and from which there was no news since last week, reported a source from the Mexican Navy to AFP. The boat departed from the province of Pinar del Río, west of Havana, on August 11, and its whereabouts were unknown since then, according to Cuban and United States press vehicles.
For five days, two Mexican fishermen drifted, without food or drinking water, until they were found by the Mexican Navy some 240 kilometres off the coast of Chiapas.
Two fishermen were rescued by the Mexican Navy after spending five days adrift on a cooler in the Pacific Ocean, more than 150 miles (240 kilometers) off the coast of Chiapas state, the Mexican Navy Secretariat reported. The men, ages 53 and 32, had set out to fish aboard a vessel called Camaronera. The last communication with them was on August 14, and they were located five days later far out at sea. The operation began after members of a fish…
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