Spanish Police Arrest 2 for Migrant Tragedy in Atlantic

Spanish Police Arrest 2 for Migrant Tragedy in Atlantic
Migrants wait to disembark from a Spanish coast guard vessel, in the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, on June 20, 2021. Borja Suarez/Reuters
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BARCELONA, Spain—Spanish police said Wednesday that they have arrested two people for their alleged responsibility in the deaths of more than 20 migrants who perished last month while trying to cross the Atlantic Ocean to the Canary Islands.

Police said in a statement that they detained the suspected human trafficker and the suspected captain of the boat carrying the migrants, which spent 13 days adrift before Spanish rescue services reached it on June 30 and found 29 survivors.