MIAMI — A Cuban girl who had come to the US illegally was once sentenced Friday to 7 1/2 years in jail for her phase in a human smuggling operation that resulted in the deaths of 16 other people.
Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves, 26, who have been dwelling in Sebring, Florida, was once sentenced in Miami federal court docket, consistent with court docket information. She pleaded accountable in January to conspiring to smuggle other people into the U.S.
Consistent with court docket paperwork, Dominguez-Nieves and her then-boyfriend, who was once nonetheless dwelling in Cuba, arranged a human smuggling operation in November 2022. Dominguez-Nieves amassed a minimum of $11,500 from the migrants’ members of the family in South Florida with the promise to deliver the migrants from Cuba into the U.S.
The boyfriend, who has now not been arrested, loaded about 18 migrants onto a small fishing vessel without a existence jackets and with a captain who didn’t seem to know the way to function the vessel, consistent with the 2 survivors.
The vessel sank about 30 miles (50 kilometers) into its adventure. The sufferers integrated kids starting from 9 months to seven years previous, in addition to two 16-year-olds, officers stated. 4 of the migrants’ our bodies had been recovered at sea, and their reason behind demise was once dominated drowning.
