MIAMI, Florida - A Jamaican man is dead and a 19-year-old Bahamian man has been charged with trying to smuggle two Jamaicans, a Bahamian and a citizen of Trinidad into the U.S. on Tuesday.
Suspicious of a 28-foot Intrepid near Black Point Marina, a police helicopter followed it. When authorities tried to stop the craft, those onboard jumped off and tried to swim away.
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Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) captured seven people, including the body of a 28-year-old Jamaican man who was found about 30 feet from shore.
Authorities seized 60 pounds of marijuana from a duffel bag that was on the boat.
Davon Rolle was charged with alien smuggling and four were charged with illegal re-entry: David Coore, 27, of Jamaica; Delroy Coombs, 45, of Jamaica; Mathura Bridgelal, 50, of Trinidad; and Tyrel Levarity, 23, of the Bahamas.
A sixth suspect, a 24-year-old man from The Bahamas, was charged with violating immigration law and is being held by ICE. A seventh man was released by authorities.
Read more in the Miami Herald.