Cops Investigate 2 Bodies Found Floating off Puerto Rican Coast

 

SAN JUAN – Puerto Rican authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding two bodies found floating in the sea off the western coast of the island, local police said Monday.

Police said in a communique that the investigation is being handled by personnel of the Rincon and Aguada districts, as well as by the Homicide Division and the Maritime Unit of Añasco, all municipalities of western Puerto Rico.

The bodies were found in waters near the town of Rio Grande, between the municipalities of Rincon and Aguada, a place where undocumented immigrants often come ashore from the neighboring Dominican Republic after sailing across the dangerous Mona Passage.

Authorities were alerted by an anonymous 911 call around 10:30 a.m. local time, and as yet no details have been provided about the bodies’ identities or their physical characteristics.

The authorities were previously engaged in investigating the death of another person, thought to have drowned, on the tourist beach of Puntas de Rincon.