Boatload Of Africans Found Off Costa Rica
Costa Rica officials inform that a
boat with 54 African on board has
been intercepted off the country's Caribbean
coast.
A security ministry spokesman said three men
on the boat had been charged with
trafficking offences.
Officials said the boat was in a poor
condition and that those on board had not
eaten anything for several days.
They believe the 54 migrants, including
seven women, came from Eritrea and had paid
traffickers to reach the US.
Several boats bringing migrants from the
Horn of Africa and Guinea have been seized
in the area in recent months.
The authorities say that the traffickers -
who charge thousands of dollars for the trip
- sometimes abandon them in the Caribbean
rather than risk trying to land in the US.
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