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Immigrant Drowning Update
Comments 0 | Recommend 0Fishing boat captain convicted in fatal smuggling case, faces life in prison
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - A federal jury found a Bahamian fishing boat captain guilty of second-degree murder in the drowning
of three illegal immigrants he was trying to smuggle into the United States.
Rickey Thompson was convicted yesterday on a total of 30 counts, which included importing drugs and smuggling humans - mostly from Jamaica and Haiti - on two separate trips in a speed boat.
Thompson faces a maximum of life in prison and $37 million in fines. His sentencing has not been scheduled. Authorities caught Thompson and his first mate, Leon Brice Johnson, shortly after a December 2006 trip. Johnson pleaded guilty to several charges earlier this year and faces a maximum life sentence at a July 11 hearing.
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