Posted on Saturday, 03.21.09
Man gets 10 years for immigrant death

MIAMI -- Prosecutors say a Loxahatchee man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his part in the death of a Cuban immigrant being smuggled into the U.S.

The U.S. Attorney's Office reports that 30 year-old Luis Perez was sentenced on Friday. He had previously confessed to investigators that he organized smuggling trips, including the November 2007 trip in which a man died. Authorities say 35 immigrants were brought from Cuba on board a 33-foot boat, operated by co-defendants Angel Arce Perez and Aurelio Sanchez Ortega.

One of the Cubans drowned as he tried to swim to shore on Palm Beach. The other 34 made it ashore.


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