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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued at least 40 people after a boat capsized west of Puerto Rico on September 28, 2026, with two fatalities reported. Survivors indicated there were approximately 60 people aboard the vessel, which had capsized following a fight involving injuries from a machete. The incident highlights ongoing migration challenges from Hispaniola to Puerto Rico and other islands, often via perilous routes in makeshift boats.
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On September 28, 2026, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued at least 40 people from open waters west of Puerto Rico after their boat capsized following a fight involving a machete, resulting in two deaths and leaving several individuals missing. The incident occurred near an uninhabited island with survivors reporting that there were approximately 60 people on board the makeshift vessel before it sank. Survivors spent over 12 hours in the water without life jackets until they were spotted by another boat around noon, leading to immediate rescue efforts. Authorities are still searching for missing individuals and the origin of the boat remains unclear, though migrants fleeing from Hispaniola have long attempted to reach Puerto Rico through dangerous routes like the Mona Passage.
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2 dead, 40 rescued, several missing after boat capsizes in waters west of Puerto Rico
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Published Sep. 28, 2026, 10:08 p.m. ET
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) —
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The U.S. Coast Guard said Monday that it rescued at least 40 people in open waters after their boat capsized several miles from a tiny, uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico.
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Two people were found dead, with survivors reporting an estimated 60 people aboard, the agency said.
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Survivors spent more than 12 hours in the water before a boat passing near Mona Island spotted them on Monday around noon and called authorities, helping rescue four people at that moment.
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The Coast Guard said the makeshift boat capsized late Sunday following a fight in which people were severely injured by a machete, leading the group to jump into the water without life vests.
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A U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson said she did not have that information.
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Migrants fleeing poverty and violence have long traveled from Hispaniola, the island shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic, to Puerto Rico and other islands, navigating the treacherous Mona Passage.
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Many of them do so on makeshift vessels that sometimes capsize in rough waters, with Monday marking the latest deadly voyage.
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In June 2022, 11 Haitian girls and women were buried in Puerto Rico after the grossly overloaded boat they were in capsized in open waters northwest of the U.S. territory.
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Last week, police in the Turks and Caicos Islands detained a makeshift boat carrying 60 Haitian migrants, while in June, another 240 migrants from Haiti were detained near the archipelago.
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Gang violence has displaced a record 1.5 million people across Haiti, where more than 3,050 people were reported killed from January to June, according to U.N. statistics.
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Armed men control an estimated 70% of Port-au-Prince and swaths of land in Haiti’s central region and beyond.
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