Thread: Dominican migrants lost at sea ate dead to survive

Nov 2, 11:12 PM EST

Dominican migrants lost at sea ate dead to survive

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -- Five migrants rescued after 15 days lost at sea ate their dead comrades to stay alive, a Dominican official said Sunday.

One of the five, the only woman in the group, died Sunday in a hospital after the group was found near the Turks and Caicos Islands, said Dominican Minister of Tourism Francisco Javier Garcia.

Garcia said the remaining four, part of a large group of migrants, told him that without food, they ate from the corpse of the last person to die.

A total of 33 Dominican migrants were trying to reach Puerto Rico by boat when they were reported missing by relatives in mid-October. Survivors said they lost their way after the captain abandoned the ship.

Bodies of the other dead were thrown into the sea, Garcia said they told him.

The five migrants were rescued by U.S. Coast Guard helicopter on Saturday and taken to a hospital on the island of Providenciales.

"The other four are dehydrated and have swollen legs but are expected to recover," Garcia said after visiting the survivors with Turks and Caicos Premier Michael Misick.

Many of their relatives presumed they were already dead.

Hundreds of Dominicans take to the sea each year in small boats, many of them homemade, trying to reach Puerto Rico through the dangerous Mona Passage.

In 2004, 36 survivors in a group of 87 migrants drank breast milk, sea water and ate human flesh in desperate acts to survive.

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There were a bunch of them that were caught in Miami. Three had drowned. One washed up on shore today. They were first noticed by employees and customers of a seafoot restaraunt who called the Coast Guard.

Are these folks smelling a future amnesty?

The five migrants were rescued by U.S. Coast Guard helicopter on Saturday and taken to a hospital on the island of Providenciales.

Once again the USA to the rescue! At taxpayer dollars of course...

Read my recent post about the Coast Guard asking for boater's help in catching illegals. People here in Florida think that the Navy should patrol our waters. We are sick of it. Every week you get boat loads from Cuba smuggled in and attempts by Haitians and Dominicans.

Originally Posted by swatchick

Read my recent post about the Coast Guard asking for boater's help in catching illegals. People here in Florida think that the Navy should patrol our waters. We are sick of it. Every week you get boat loads from Cuba smuggled in and attempts by Haitians and Dominicans.

Here's the link to swatchicks post.
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-137055.html

Once they reach Puerto Rico they can get a PR drivers lic with no ID and fly to the USA no border patrol or customs when coming from Puerto Rico.

Illegals know this as does ICE. When 2 illegal Colmbians were arrested after shop lifting over $3,000 worth of merchandise at the mall, ICE was called in. They told ICE that they flew to Puerto Rico and then came here. The male actually hit a police officer with his car while trying to flee. He ended up leaving the female and bailed. After a short police chase and scuffle he was tazed and arrested. They will both be deported after their trial and serving their sentences.