Arequipa, Peru – A young Cuban migrant resident in Sebring, Florida, could be sentenced to life imprisonment in prison after her participation in the illegal traffic of people who ended the life of some 16 nationals.
A report of the AP agencybased on judicial records of the case, he points to the 26-year-old accused as Yaquelín Domínguez-Nieves. This week, the Cuban declared himself guilty before the Federal Court of Miami for conspiring to traffic people to US territory.
The young migrant faces a minimum of five years in prison, but could receive a life sentence sentence at the next hearing of the case scheduled for April 11.
According to the court documents, Dominguez Nieves and his then boyfriend, who still resided in Cuba, organized an operation people trafficking In November 2022. The defendant raised at least $ 11,500 from the relatives of migrants in southern Florida with the promise of bringing migrants from Cuba to the United States.
The boyfriend, who has not been arrested, embarked about 18 migrants in a small fishing vessel without life jackets and with a captain who apparently did not know how to operate it, as two survivors declared in the trial.
The AP note also emphasizes that the boat sank approximately 50 kilometers in the sea. The victims included children from nine months to seven, as well as two 16 -year -old teenagers, officials said.
As a result of the tragedy, four bodies of migrants were recovered in the sea, and the cause of death was determined as drowning.
Numerous groups of Cubans try to cross the Florida Strait to escape from Hard conditions of life on the island. In the midst of a context of food shortage, medical supplies and a serious inflationary crisis, many residents of the largest of the Antilles risk their lives to reach the American country.
Amid the largest Cuban immigration crisis, hundreds of Cubans have tried to enter US territory. After a drastic drop in the approval of the program parole Humanitarian implemented by the administration of Joe Biden, some have opted to illegally arrive at the US.
Last week, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) rescued 37 Cuban migrants who were stranded in Cay Sal Bank and Anguilla Cay, Bahamas Islands.
William Flores’s crew moved on Sunday, January 12, Cubans to the Bahameñas authorities after having found them between Thursday and Friday in front of the Bahamas.
