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Bodies of four victims found off Hollywood Beach identified as Cuban migrants

October 2, 2014

Alfonso Chardy, El Nuevo Herald

U. S. Coast Guard authorities have identified the bodies of four men found floating in the Atlantic Ocean east of Hollywood Beach six weeks ago as Cuban migrants.

They were part of a group nine - including eight men and one woman - who left Cuba aboard a makeshift boat on Aug. 19, headed for Miami.

The boat never arrived and the five other migrants have yet to be found.

It is the latest tragedy at sea involving Cuban migrants.

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