{"id":300369,"date":"2023-03-18T19:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-03-18T23:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=300369"},"modified":"2023-03-18T19:56:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T23:56:01","slug":"dominican-boat-captain-sentenced-for-smuggling-haitians-in-st-kitts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/dominican-boat-captain-sentenced-for-smuggling-haitians-in-st-kitts\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican boat captain sentenced for smuggling Haitians in St Kitts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-288585\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/court-ekaterina-bolovtsova-6077326-e1678203057476-642x326.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dominican Danny Henry, the Captain of the boat that entered the Federation carrying several Haitian migrants, was convicted and sentenced to one and a half years in jail in St Kitts and Nevis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was sentenced on March 15, following a court hearing at the Charlestown Magistrate\u2019s Court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to reports in St Kitts, the man was sentenced to \u201csix months imprisonment for entering a port that is not a formal port; 12 months imprisonment for entering the Federation without the consent of an immigration officer; and required to pay $5000 EC in six months on Customs charges or face six months in prison\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smuggling Haitians into Caribbean territories have been at an all-time high in recent times<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These nationals are trying to escape the violence and poverty, currently affecting their home country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dominican Danny Henry, the Captain of the boat that entered the Federation carrying several Haitian migrants, was convicted and sentenced to one and a half years in jail in St Kitts and Nevis. 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