MANAGUA.- Two Venezuelan migrants died, one of them a 4-year-old girl, and another 30 from Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia and India were rescued alive this Saturday when a ship capsized in the Caribbean of Nicaragua, the Nicaraguan Army reported.
“The Nicaraguan Army (…) through the Naval Force, carried out search, rescue and rescue of 30 people who were shipwrecked aboard a boat” near Corn Island, about 346 km east of Managua, he said. the institution in a statement published on the official portal El 19 Digital.
In the operation, two Venezuelan migrants, ages 4 and 31, were located who drowned, the text indicated. The rescued people are 19 Venezuelans, including six minors, as well as four Ecuadorians, two Colombians and five from India.
The ship was moving from the Colombian island of San Andrés to Corn Island, added the Army, which reported no missing persons.
“Communication was maintained with the Colombian Navy about the shipwreck of the vessel so that search, rescue and rescue support could be carried out from its waters,” he added.
The maritime route of about 230 km emerged as an alternative to avoid the feared crossing on foot through the Darién jungle, a 266 km corridor between Colombia and Panama, controlled by criminal groups and with serious risks due to its difficult topography. The rest of the way to the United States is done by land.
In October 2023, a boat with 38 migrants set sail from San Andrés towards Nicaragua and disappeared. 35 of these people were Venezuelan.
Source: AFP
