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Local December 7, 2016 | 11:11 am

More than 60 Cuban, Dominican boatpeople halted at sea

Santo Dominican.- At least 30 Cubans and 34Dominicans were intercepted at sea by the Dominican Navy and the US Coast Guardwhile trying to reach Puerto Rico on yola-type boats which had set course fromvarious points of the country's eastern coast.

Navy spokesman Augusto Lizardo said the Cubansdetained in the Mona Passage were escorted to the Navy post in Bayahibe, La Altagraciaand then to ... Read more