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Man’s body found in Florida Keys where Haitian migrants came ashore this week, FWC says

The body of a man was found Thursday near where a group of Haitian migrants landed in the Florida Keys Monday, a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission spokesman said.

Miami Herald

Group of Cubans land in Key Colony Beach on a boat. Migrant numbers soaring at record clip

MIAMI — The steady arrival of migrants continued in the Florida Keys on Wednesday with a group of 19 people from Cuba in Key Colony Beach, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.

Miami Herald

Coast Guard halts search off Florida for missing Cuban migrants, raising death toll to 10

MIAMI — The search for people from Cuba attempting to migrate to the U.S. in a boat that capsized 50 miles off Little Torch Key has been suspended, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday night.

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Babies rescued from migrant boat in trouble in rough seas off the Florida Keys

MIAMI — A U.S. Coast Guard crewman cradled two babies after rescuing them from a boat struggling in swells of 6 to 10 feet. Their families, and many others, were desperate to get to the United States, in spite of the perilous seas, the risk of being stopped, or worse.

Miami Herald

Coast Guard responding to distressed boat packed with migrants off the Florida Keys

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a disabled boat in perilous seas off the Florida Keys Monday morning that law enforcement sources say was packed with people attempting to migrate from Haiti.

Miami Herald

At least one dead after Cuban migrant vessel capsizes off Florida coast, Coast Guard says

The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday said it has recovered the body of one person after a vessel carrying Cuban migrants capsized off Florida's Little Torch Key, adding it rescued nine people and was searching for five others.

Reuters

4 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Florida Keys, US Coast Guard says

MIAMI — A homemade boat with at least 18 migrants capsized near the Florida Keys Saturday, killing at least four people, the U.S. Coast Guard said Sunday via Twitter.

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2 Customs agents injured, one dead, after shootout at sea with smugglers off Puerto Rico

Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents were injured and a third was killed during an early Thursday morning high seas shootout with suspected smugglers 14 miles off Puerto Rico’s southwest coast.

Miami Herald

Japan PM Kishida condemns North Korea after missile lands in Japan's EEZ

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida condemned North Korea for firing a ballistic missile on Friday that landed within his country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), in what the Coast Guard said was roughly 210 km from an island in northern Hokkaido.

Reuters

Keys beach goers witness Cuban migrant arrival, among nearly 90 who landed over 3-day span

MIAMI — Sunbathers on a popular Florida Keys beach watched Monday morning as a wooden boat coasted to the sand and about 20 Cuban migrants jumped into the shallow water — running to what they hope is a new life in the United States.

Miami Herald

Offshore energy battle looms over ‘must pass’ defense bill

WASHINGTON — One of the most underappreciated high-stakes legislative fights in recent memory — featuring some of the strangest political bedfellows — is coming soon to a lame-duck session near you.

Tribune News Service

Cuban migrants arrive in Miami Beach near Deauville hotel, and more in the Florida Keys

MIAMI — Twelve Cuban migrants arrived in a homemade boat on the sands of a former Miami Beach hotel Thursday night, according to the Border Patrol.

Miami Herald

Offshore energy battle looms over 'must pass' defense bill - Roll Call

One of the most underappreciated high-stakes legislative fights, featuring some strange political bedfellows, is brewing after the elections.

Roll Call

Survivors of collision at sea say their boat was rammed by Cuban coast guard vessel

Elizabeth Meizoso was a happy toddler who liked to pose with her mom’s sunglasses. She is seen dressed all in white with a bow headband in one picture. In another, she is driving a toy red car. Smiling relatives hold her while taking selfies posted on Facebook. She had just…

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More than 100 Cuban migrants in several groups have arrived in Florida Keys in recent days

MIAMI — Since Sunday, more than 100 Cuban migrants have arrived in the Florida Keys, with another landing happening Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Border Patrol.

The Independent UK

AP: China fishing fleet defied U.S in standoff on high seas

This summer, as China was protesting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, a much different geopolitical standoff was taking shape in another corner of the Pacific

Miami Herald

Child among 5 dead in collision of boat with migrants and Cuban Coast Guard

A young child is among five dead after a speed boat carrying Cubans collided with a Cuba Coast Guard vessel, Cuban authorities said. The Cubans were trying to make it to the United States when the Cuban Coast Guard vessel tried to stop it and it turned over.

Miami Herald

Sanibel’s Lighthouse kept standing in storm, but it lost a key piece. Now it’s been found

MIAMI — It took 51 years of pleading — “We need a navigational aid” — to get a lighthouse built on Sanibel.

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Coast Guard: 13 rescued from sinking vessel off Virginia

The U.S. Coast Guard, a crew of scientists and others launched an air and sea mission to rescue 13 people, including a child, from a fishing vessel just moments before it sank in darkness in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia

Tribune News Service

‘Serious’ Mississippi River woes prompt limits in key US port

“Serious concerns” over critically low water levels in the Mississippi River system led port authorities to limit vessel drafts near a key export hub, potentially adding a further headache for shippers already contending with delays and skyrocketing costs.

Reuters

Costa Rica authorities find wreckage believed to be from plane carrying German entrepreneur

German entrepreneur Rainer Schaller, known for his line of fitness studios, was among the passengers on a plane believed to have crashed in Costa Rica, authorities from the Central American country said on Saturday.

The Independent UK

South Korea arrests former top officials over 2020 killing

South Korea’s former defense minister and coast guard chief have been arrested over their alleged involvement in covering up facts and distorting the circumstances surrounding North Korea’s killing of a South Korean fisheries official in 2020 near the rivals’ tense sea border

Miami Herald

Defecting Cuban pilot commandeers plane, lands safely on isolated Everglades strip

MIAMI — The mass exodus from Cuba took an unusual twist Friday, when a pilot in a Soviet-era biplane took off from the island just 90 miles south of Key West and landed on an isolated, mostly forgotten airstrip in the middle of the Everglades.

Miami Herald

Plane commandeered from Cuba, lands safely in Florida Everglades. The pilot ‘appears to be fine’

MIAMI — The mass exodus from Cuba took an unusual twist Friday, when someone in a old Soviet-era cropduster took off from the island just 90 miles north of Key West and landed somewhere west of Krome Avenue in the Everglades.

Miami Herald

‘We are seeing migrant landings almost everyday.’ What’s behind surge in South Florida?

Desperate to leave Cuba and start over in the United States, people are making the perilous journey in greater numbers across the Florida Straits. South Florida authorities say the steady stream of arrivals has put stress on local law enforcement and rescuers, who are often dispatched when migrant boaters are…

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