On Friday, Florida GOP governor Ron DeSantis revealed that officers of the state had interdicted suspected illegal aliens fleeing Haiti on February 29.
The boat interdicted by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers, was 42 feet long, contained five unaccompanied children, and was operated by a U.S. citizen, Florida’s Voice reported, adding that according to authorities, the suspects were part of a “human smuggling operation,” and that the individuals were “lying prone on the deck of the boat.”
“Just recently, within the last couple of weeks, and this will be made public later today, our Florida Fish and Wildlife officers interdicted a vessel that had 25 illegal immigrants, potential illegal immigrants, from Haiti,” DeSantis announced.
“In their boat, in their vessel, they had firearms, they had drugs, they had night vision gear and they were…
