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Antonio Hurtado does not cut the typical profile of a maritime smuggler. Yet he is accused of wrecking a trawler, killing three migrants aboard.

Antonio Hurtado does not cut the typical profile of a maritime smuggler. Yet he is accused of smashing a trawler onto the rocks off Point Loma, killing three of the 32 migrants aboard.

Authorities Wednesday identified a man and woman in their 60s who died after a sailboat they were on sank off the coast of Rhode Island. The two individuals, both from Warwick, Rhode Island, were identified as 62-year-old Robert Puchta and 66-year-old Luann Cole, according to a statement from the state Department of Environmental Management. The department’s law enforcement division is ...

Tuesday, May 11, 2021   View Larger + The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is confirming that two bodies were found off of Oakland Beach on Tuesday.  About Incident  According to DEM, a sailboat took on water and sunk. Two victims (a male and a female) were recovered and were unresponsive.    The victims were recovered by the Marine Task Force boats and brought into the Oakland Beach Boat Ramp.   The vessel has sunken and the case is under investigation. DEM is no...

DEM identifies two who died when sailboat sank off Warwick Donita Naylor, The Providence Journal © RI DEM photo RI Environmental Police WARWICK — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has released the names of the two people who died Tuesday in a boating incident off Warwick. They were identified as Robert Puchta, 62, and Luann Cole, 66, both from Warwick. Puchta and Cole were recovered unresponsive after the 23-foot sailboat they were in took on water...

The Department of Environmental Management Division of Law Enforcement is investigating a fatal boating incident that occurred late yesterday afternoon in Greenwich Bay off the City of Warwick. A 23′ sailboat took on water and sunk, and two victims were recovered and were unresponsive. The victims were recovered by the Marine Task Force boats and brought into the Oakland Beach Boat Ramp. The vessel has sunken and has not been recovered. Area waters were searched extensively yesterday by sever...

UpdatedWed, May 12, 2021 at 5:10 pm ET Reply The boat had not been recovered as of Thursday afternoon, authorities said. (Shutterstock) WARWICK, RI — Two people were pronounced dead Wednesday after the boat they were in sunk in Greenwich Bay in Warwick. Authorities from the Department of Environmental Management said the 23-foot sailboat took on water and sunk late Wednesday afternoon. Its two passengers were found unresponsive by the Marine Task Force and brought to the Oakland Beach Boat Ra...

The Providence Journal WARWICK — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management has released the names of the two people who died Tuesday in a boating incident off Warwick. They were identified as Robert Puchta, 62, and Luann Cole, 66, both from Warwick. Puchta and Cole were recovered unresponsive after the 23-foot sailboat they were in took on water and sank, the DEM said. The vessel has not been recovered. The DEM and the Warwick police and fire departments are still searching...

May 11, 2021 7:02 pm WARWICK, R.I. (WLNE)- A man and woman were found dead after being pulled from the waters of Oakland Beach Tuesday afternoon. Lt. Michael Schipritt of the Rhode Island Environmental Police, joined by Warwick Police and Fire, said the two victims are in their 60s. Schipritt said a Marine Task Force was notified of an overturned boat off of Patience Island around 3:30 p.m. Both the Task Force and the Coast Guard responded and found the boat and its victims. Schipritt said the ...