Coast Guard calls off search for 10 missing Cuban migrants from capsized boat

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'The decision to suspend a search is always difficult and is made after careful consideration of all the facts,' the Coast Guard stated.

After a search lasting more than 120 hours, the United States Coast Guard stopped looking for Cuban migrants last seen when their boat capsized near Key West, Florida.

Eight survivors were rescued from the water by the Coast Guard on Thursday when the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute spotted several people in the water while on a routine patrol, a press release said. Two were later found dead. The search for the missing eight migrants lasted 123 hours, covered 8,864 square miles, and used two cutters, four helicopters and one 45-foot rescue boat, as well as other vessels and aircraft. In addition to the USCG, partner agencies, including personnel from the Navy, Air Force, Customs and Border Protection and Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, assisted in the search.

After a search lasting more than 120 hours, the Coast Guard stops looking for Cuban migrants last seen when their boat capsized near Key West. This is a stock image of a small sail boat in the waters off of Havana, Cuba.There was no word Monday whether or not the eight survivors will be granted humanitarian visas, or be sent back to Cuba. Current U.S. policy, in a departure from the past, says that any Cuban migrants found in the water in transit to the U.S. will be repatriated to Cuba.

 

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