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Miami Herald
Miami Herald
World
Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Jacqueline Charles, David Goodhue

As surge of migrants arriving in Puerto Rico by sea continues, 45 are detained in beach town

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — John Parry was at his rental home in the Puerto Rican coastal town of Rincón on Monday afternoon when he spotted dozens of people, wet and coming toward his driveway. As the group walked up the steep hill up from a nearby beach, he called over his wife, Laura Goldman, to come see.

Leaning over her railing, Goldman made eye contact with one of the men and asked, “‘English or español?”

“He said, ‘English,’ ” said Goldman, who followed up with, “Where are you coming from?”

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