Two Guyanese who had been previously deported from the US were among 15 persons who were found on a boat carrying migrants that was intercepted by a US Customs and Border Protection vessel off Lake Worth Inlet in Palm Beach County on May 9.
According to a complaint seen by this newspaper, at about 10 nautical miles off the inlet, agents found 15 people on the 26-foot Cuddy Cabin twin-engine vessel. The passengers hailed from eight countries – the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Tajikistan, The Bahamas and Turkey.
Among that number was Guyanese Joel Dataram and Jamaican Shane Anthony Clacken, both of whom were arrested on charges of attempting to re-enter after being previously deported, as well as to human smuggling. They both were previously convicted on felony drug charges before they were deported, the complaint stated.
