Some 45 Haitians were killed in boat

At least 45 Haitian migrants drowned to el sank the last Saturday a boat off the coast of Cuba that tried to reach Florida (Southeast us), said yesterday Thursday the Ambassador for Haiti in La Habana.

"The number of victims spent 45 dead." "There were also a dozen bodies that could not be recovered" because they were stuck in underwater caves, said Ambassador Jean Geneus, on conference call from Puerto Príncipe.

Initial balance
A first balance reported December 25 by the Cuban Civil Defense (DC) reported 38 dead.

According to the Haitian, diplomat 87 survivors of the shipwreck, socorridos by the Cuban coast guard repatriated Friday by plane to Puerto Príncipe.

Is difficult to know the precise number of people aboard the small boat, but "were at least 160", according to Geneus, said.

38 Migrants who died in u000athe wreck were buried in Cuba, an official said Haitian.

Laurent Lamothe, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Haiti, said yesterday that the corpses were buried in Cuba because they were in a State of advanced decomposition.

Other 87 migrants were rescued and would be repatriated yesterday to the city of Cap-Haïtien in the North of the country.

Wrecks of precarious boats used by Haitian - migrants and also Cuban - to try to reach United States in search of better conditions of life are common in the Caribbean

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