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Green Marine

April 23, 2006 · about 20 years ago

At least 5 migrants killed as boat capsizes

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Powerful waves capsized a boat carrying about 20 illegal migrants near a popular surfing beach, killing at least five of them, as surfers desperately tried to help, witnesses and officials said Monday. At least 13 people aboard the makeshift 14-foot (4-meter) wooden boat

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Powerful waves capsized a boat carrying about 20 illegal migrants near a popular surfing beach, killing at least five of them, as surfers desperately tried to help, witnesses and officials said Monday. At least 13 people aboard the makeshift 14-foot (4-meter) wooden boat survived the capsizing Sunday afternoon off the shores of Rincon, near the western tip of Puerto Rico.

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