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Smuggling boat with people from China, Ecuador, Cuba is stopped off Florida Keys

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a boat off the Florida Keys smuggling people from China, Ecuador and the Dominican Republic last week, federal agents say. The Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations began tracking the twin outboard engine 27-foot cabin cruiser late last Tuesday, Sept. 15, as the Palm Beach…

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