Yaquelin Dominguez-Nieves, 26, of Sebring, Florida, has pled guilty in federal court in Miami to conspiring to smuggle immigrants into the United States, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida. According to court filings, Dominguez-Nieves, who unlawfully entered the United States in November 2022, gathered at least $11,500 from the migrants’ family members in South Florida with the promise of smuggling them from Cuba into the United States, the office stated.
According to the agency, Dominguez-Nieves transmitted the money she gathered to a co-conspirator in Cuba. Then, Dominguez-Nieves’ co-conspirator put about 18 migrants aboard a tiny fishing vessel that lacked life jackets, according to the US Attorney’s Office. Furthermore, according to the two survivors, the ship’s skipper did not appear to know how to manage the vessel, the office stated. According to the US Attorney’s Office, the fishing boat sank approximately 30 miles into its journey to the United States, killing all but two of the migrants on board.
The U.S. attorney’s office said that several of the 16 victims were unaccompanied noncitizen minors, including newborns and young children aged nine months to seven years old, as well as two 16-year-olds. The United States Attorney’s Office acknowledged that four of the migrants’ bodies were discovered at sea, and autopsies determined that the cause of death was drowning. Dominguez-Nieves’ sentencing hearing has been scheduled for April 11 in federal court in Miami, according to the agency. He faces a maximum sentence of life in prison, with a mandatory minimum of five years, according to the U.S. attorneyโs office.
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