SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: The U.S. Coast Guard said it repatriated 91 migrants to the Dominican Republic on Friday after they were recently detained in waters near Puerto Rico.
The agency said the migrants were traveling aboard three different makeshift boats located early Thursday in various locations along the U.S. territory’s northwest coast.
The treacherous Mona Passage between Puerto Rico and the island of Hispaniola shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic has long been used as a smuggling route for migrants who are sometimes abandoned on nearby uninhabited islands.
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