![]() Battered by rough waters about six miles from the harbor, it began to take on water. All hoped to reach the promised land for thousands of migrants crossing these waters: Florida. Some had spent years living in the Bahamas. Instead, dozens of Haitians huddled together on board. The boat, described by an investigator as a “pleasure craft,” was supposed to carry only 20 people. It slid away from a rocky beach hidden behind a dilapidated former nightclub known as the Sand Trap, which sat beside a brothel and a block from a building once operated by the U.S. ![]() ![]() It was here that a 33-foot boat named Bare Ambition set out after midnight one day last summer. NASSAU, Bahamas - By day, Jet Ski operators zip through the turquoise waters around Arawak Cay, where tourists dine on conch salads from brightly painted wooden shacks.īut by night, inky blue waves become a covert gateway through the vast Caribbean to the United States. ![]()
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