Coast Guard: 2 Dead, 5 Missing After Migrant Boat Capsizes

Rescue crews safely transfer people from a grounded vessel believed to be carrying migrants, to U.S. Coast Guard ships, off the coast of Key Largo, Fla., near the gated community of Ocean Reef, on Aug. 6, 2022. Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard via AP

KEY WEST, Fla.—Two people died and five were missing after a boat believed to be carrying migrants attempting to enter the United States illegally capsized off the coast of the Florida Keys, the Coast Guard said.

Eight people were rescued, the Coast Guard said in a news release Friday. The agency described the boat as a “rustic vessel” that was making an illegal voyage with 15 migrant passengers. It was not immediately clear where the migrants were originally from.