Fishermen Spot Boat with 20 Corpses Floating off the Coast of Northeastern Brazil

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A small boat full of decomposing corpses has been spotted by fishermen off Brazil’s northeastern coast. Brazil’s Attorney General’s office has dispatched a forensics team to investigate the incident.

A small boat full of decomposing corpses was spotted by fishermen off Brazil ’s northeastern coast on Saturday, according to local news reports. Brazil ’s Attorney General’s office said in a statement that it has dispatched a forensics team to the area to determine where the bodies and the boat came from. “Some reports say there could be up to 20 corpses” in the boat, the Attorney General’s office said in a statement.

The boat was floating off the coast of the state of Para in a remote location about 300 kilometers from the state capital Belem. It wasn't the first time that vessels carrying dead bodies were spotted by fishermen in the western side of the Atlantic Ocean. In 2021, at l east seven boats full of corpses washed up in Brazil and the Eastern Caribbean.

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