Seventeen migrants have been captured, with stunning video emerging after a boat rammed into a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Marine Unit vessel east of Jupiter Inlet in Florida on Friday morning. Florida’s Governor, Ron DeSantis, has not yet made a comment, believed to be busy campaigning for the Republican nomination in Iowa.
In dramatic video captured by local business owner Joey Fago, a number of people can be seen hurriedly exiting a beached boat as law enforcement descends via helicopter, boat, and on local roads.
The incident is believed to have taken place around 9am. Local media reports “[o]ne of the migrants is Bahamian and 16 others are Haitian, according to U.S. Board Patrol Chief Agent Walter N. Slosar.”
The captain of the boat has been identified as Bazaeluis Francois, 30. His boat is believed to have rammed into the Marine Unit’s vessel, damaging two engines, before taking off.
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