PORT OF SPAIN/CARACAS (Reuters) – Trinidad and Tobago’s Coast Guard mentioned a Venezuelan migrant infant died in a security operation on Saturday when a vessel illegally crossed the maritime border, prompting the Caribbean nation to supply condolences.
In an announcement on Sunday evening, the Coast Guard mentioned one in all its patrol ships ordered the vessel to cease and later fired on the vessel’s engines in an try and pressure it to halt, solely later discovering that it was carrying migrants on board.
“Further checks found one (1) grownup feminine who was holding an infant who she indicated was bleeding,” the assertion mentioned, including the girl was taken to a neighborhood well being facility. “Regrettably, the infant was discovered unresponsive.”
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley mentioned he had spoken with Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez concerning the incident and hoped for higher future cooperation between Trinidad’s Coast Guard and Venezuela’s National Guard.
“I expressed my deepest sympathy alone behalf and of all of the individuals of Trinidad and Tobago with respect to the unlucky lack of lifetime of the infant,” Rowley mentioned in an announcement on Sunday evening.
Venezuela’s info ministry didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
At least 40,000 Venezuelans reside in Trinidad and Tobago, a lot of whom arrived in small overloaded boats, amongst an estimated 6 million Venezuelans who’ve left their nation throughout its financial collapse.
(Reporting by Linda Hutchison-Jafar in Port of Spain and Vivian Sequera in Caracas, writing by Brian Ellsworth, enhancing by Mark Heinrich)
