Eight Dominican stowaways detained in Argentina and Brazil
They are part of a group of a group of 14 that left 19 days ago from Caucedo
Diario Libre
Andrés, Boca Chica. Eight of fourteen young men that stowed away on a merchant ship that left the Multi-Modal Port of Caucedo were located in Buenos Aires, Argentina and in Brazil, according to relatives.
The group stowed away on two ships that were loaded on the 9th of this month in the Multi-Modal Port of Caucedo, thinking that the ships were bound for the United States, but their destination was South America. The whereabouts of the other 6 is unknown.
Anguish and desperation overpowered the families of the fourteen young men, who left the country 19 days ago. Because they had heard nothing, they went to the port to seek information from the authorities.
The relatives of the young men gathered yesterday in the back part of the port and they said that their relatives stowed away on the ships a little after they arrived on the eighth of September. The ships left on the ninth of September bound for unknown ports.
A group of relatives that had mounted a vigil nearby to the Multi-Modal Port of Caucedo explained that the authorities at the Mega Port told them that of the 14 stowaways eight had been located, six in Buenos Aires and two in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
They explained that they are trying to get the Dominican authorities to communicate with both nations to see if they free the young men and send them back to the Dominican Republic on the same ships.
Among those identified by their own families are Leonel Zapata, Pablo Peguero, Emilio Flores, Geraldo Alcantara, Joaquin Guzman and Carlos Manuel Sosa, all from Boca Chica.
Also identified were Roberto Vasquez, 19, Wellington Gomez, 24, and another two who were identified as Junior and Manuel, and these four are from the town of Haina.
Yesterday, the relatives of the missing young men blamed the situation on the security of the port because it did not stop the young men from penetrating the area and hiding in one of the containers full of merchandise.
They indicated that some of the men carried tools known as drills, metal cutting shears, scissors, and screwdrivers that they used to gain entry into the container and open ventilation holes so as not to lack air.
In statements to the Diario Libre, the relatives of the stowaways said that the port authorities refused, at first, to intervene in finding out the luck of their relatives.
They did not discard the possibility that the young men might have paid money to be able to penetrate as far as the ship because security is very tight and only employees or a Visitor with an ID badge and accompanied by a member of the security detail can enter the area.
Today, the relatives will return to the Mega Port where they were promised that there would be information regarding the situation of the 14 stowaways. Diario Libre consulted the authorities of the Specialized Corps for Ports, but they were told that the case is being investigated.
The group stowed away on two ships that were loaded on the 9th of this month in the Multi-Modal Port of Caucedo, thinking that the ships were bound for the United States, but their destination was South America. The whereabouts of the other 6 is unknown.
Anguish and desperation overpowered the families of the fourteen young men, who left the country 19 days ago. Because they had heard nothing, they went to the port to seek information from the authorities.
The relatives of the young men gathered yesterday in the back part of the port and they said that their relatives stowed away on the ships a little after they arrived on the eighth of September. The ships left on the ninth of September bound for unknown ports.
A group of relatives that had mounted a vigil nearby to the Multi-Modal Port of Caucedo explained that the authorities at the Mega Port told them that of the 14 stowaways eight had been located, six in Buenos Aires and two in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
They explained that they are trying to get the Dominican authorities to communicate with both nations to see if they free the young men and send them back to the Dominican Republic on the same ships.
Among those identified by their own families are Leonel Zapata, Pablo Peguero, Emilio Flores, Geraldo Alcantara, Joaquin Guzman and Carlos Manuel Sosa, all from Boca Chica.
Also identified were Roberto Vasquez, 19, Wellington Gomez, 24, and another two who were identified as Junior and Manuel, and these four are from the town of Haina.
Yesterday, the relatives of the missing young men blamed the situation on the security of the port because it did not stop the young men from penetrating the area and hiding in one of the containers full of merchandise.
They indicated that some of the men carried tools known as drills, metal cutting shears, scissors, and screwdrivers that they used to gain entry into the container and open ventilation holes so as not to lack air.
In statements to the Diario Libre, the relatives of the stowaways said that the port authorities refused, at first, to intervene in finding out the luck of their relatives.
They did not discard the possibility that the young men might have paid money to be able to penetrate as far as the ship because security is very tight and only employees or a Visitor with an ID badge and accompanied by a member of the security detail can enter the area.
Today, the relatives will return to the Mega Port where they were promised that there would be information regarding the situation of the 14 stowaways. Diario Libre consulted the authorities of the Specialized Corps for Ports, but they were told that the case is being investigated.
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