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Boat with Chinese immigrants sinks off Guatemala
October 9, 1999
Web posted at: 9:28 PM EDT (0128 GMT)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- A boat filled with illegal Chinese immigrants
sank Saturday off the Guatemalan coast. Five were killed and 38 were
rescued, authorities said.
The shipwreck occurred in the Pacific Ocean off Chiquimulia, 70 miles
south of Guatemala City. The boat sank during bad weather, Guatemalan
immigration spokeswoman Sonia Ortiz said.
It was unclear where the boat was coming from, but Ortiz said it was
believed the immigrants were headed to Mexico and planned to continue by
land from there to the United States.
Two of those rescued were treated for injuries.
Ortiz said the survivors would be deported.
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