Migrants arrive via smugglers on Fisher Island, police say
The boaters who landed on Fisher Island on Friday morning were trying to smuggle a group of people into the U.S., according to the Border Patrol.
Miami-Dade police along with Customs and Border Protection arrested 18 adult male Haitian citizens who were on the boat.
“We believe this event was an organized smuggling event [for profit] and that the group transited through the Bahamas en route to the Miami,” said Todd Bryant, Miami Sector Division Chief for the Border Patrol in an e-mail to The Herald.
The Haitians will be deported
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This story was originally published July 25, 2016 at 12:36 PM with the headline "Migrants arrive via smugglers on Fisher Island, police say."