A boat capsized between the Bahamas and Florida over the weekend, and dozens of people who were on board are now missing. A US Coast Guard spokesperson says they believe this is a case of human smuggling. The straits of Florida have a long history of being a treacherous migration route for people leaving Latin America and the Caribbean hoping to make it to the shores of the United States. To discuss the story, AP Hispanic affairs reporter Adriana Gómez Licón joins The World’s Marco Werman.
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