They rescue 11 Venezuelan migrants on the Colombian island of San Andrés

The Colombian Navy rescued 16 migrants who were traveling aboard a boat near the San Andres Islandamong which There were at least 11 Venezuelan migrants — one of them a seven-month-old baby —The military institution reported this Sunday in a statement.

The Navy “detected, late at night, a motor vessel that was transiting suspiciously 25 nautical miles (46 kilometers) southwest of San Andrés Island, in the general area of ​​Isla Cayo Albuquerque.”

The coast guard found a boat named ‘Yong King’ with 18 people on board: 7 adults and 4 Venezuelan migrant minors, 4 adults of Kosovar nationality and a Cuban, as well as 2 Colombians, who were allegedly responsible for taking these people to Central America.

The adult migrants were placed at the disposal of the competent authoritieswhile the minors were handed over to the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF) for the restoration of their rights. The two Colombians were arrested for the alleged crime of migrant smuggling and were placed at the disposal of the Prosecutor’s Office.

They warn migrants about weather conditions in San Andrés

The Colombian Navy recalled that “the hurricane season still remains in the Atlantic, so they occur in the Archipelago department – to which San Andrés belongs along with Providencia and Santa Catalina – adverse weather conditions such as heavy rain, winds and increased wave height that make navigation difficult«.

So far in 2024, 240 people have been rescued in the Archipelago department.