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West Palm Beach, Florida.- Eleven Dominican boatpeople were detained Monday morning on the north end of Jupiter Island, news source palmbeachpost.com reports. It said the undocumented travelers told the authorities they wandered the beach after they were dropped off Sunday afternoon.

“The immigrants, all men, ranged in age from 20s to 40s, said Chief Ted Gonzales of the Jupiter Island police. They told authorities they traveled to Florida from the Dominican Republic by way of the Bahamas,” palbeachpost.com said.

It reports that 10 were spotted just before noon Monday, wandering in the sand north of Peck Lake in the St. Lucie Inlet Preserve State Park. The 11th swam across the Intracoastal Waterway and was found west of the canal.

The men told authorities they spent a day searching for a way across the Intracoastal, Gonzales said. “They were taken into federal custody and brought south for processing,” the news source said quoting Gonzales.

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Written by: josean, 6 Apr 2010 7:44 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia

These People are leaving LIE-onel Fernandez's METRO Paradise.

Ungrateful peasants!

¿Y No Era Pa’Lante Que Íbamos? ¡No Pa’ Miami!
Written by: Grosero, 6 Apr 2010 8:18 AM
From: United States
Wandering in the sand???????

They landed in the right place, but where was the coytote to haul them off the isalnd...
They have no idea just how close they where....

I bet the jump off point was little mud cay!!!!

RIGHT GOONS?????

I say...Shoot the F___ing Coytote!!!!!

Written by: anthonyC, 6 Apr 2010 11:32 AM
From: United States
"The men told authorities they spent a day searching for a way across the Intracoastal,"

they are either complete morons or........lying! plenty of ways accross the Intracoastal in that area. They are called bridges.
Written by: josean, 6 Apr 2010 11:50 AM
From: United States, Dedicating 4 more years to fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia

I must have upset one of the coyotes!

"These People are leaving LIE-onel Fernandez's METRO Paradise.

Ungrateful peasants!

¿Y No Era Pa’Lante Que Íbamos? ¡No Pa’ Miami!"
Written by: antonioj, 6 Apr 2010 1:02 PM
From: Canada, home safe
Sh?t hope let's hope only the unlucky few got caught, the coyotes may have panicked and left.
Written by: BASTA, 6 Apr 2010 3:05 PM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
what they are not haitians ; my god only they would leave our beautiful island
Written by: Perez, 6 Apr 2010 3:58 PM
From: Dominican Republic
hmmm if it were cubans it would've been a different story eh? I wondeer how many ex pldeistas were onboard?
Written by: danny00, 6 Apr 2010 5:32 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
i used to live in this area.... yes they where close and better then that.
they should have called bert reynolds he lives their for many years.

as for the so called coytes.... if they get nailed they are really looking at a lot of time. the coast guard and the police are playing with them any more.
coulpe weeks ago they gave 2 cuban coytes 15years in federal prison.

and yes your correct anthony c.... bridges .
Written by: danny00, 6 Apr 2010 5:35 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
the homes are very expensive on jupiter island,
no banco popular on this island.
Written by: madmick, 7 Apr 2010 8:06 AM
From: Dominican Republic
I used to anchor in Peck lake. There are no bridges to the north and the southern bridge is quite a way down the intracoastal. There is a ferry service for the hotel.
If they had gone north when they landed they would have spent hours finding no way across. They were just unlucky.
Written by: lovingit, 7 Apr 2010 11:09 AM
From: United States, Delaware
They should have said they were Cubans.. they would have bought some time :-)
Written by: rig3ni, 14 Feb 2011 5:29 PM
From: Dominican Republic
i hate people thats gots to open there mouth with a stupid opin.... if you dont know how hard is to live here to speak your mind worry about u r self
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