ICE arrests captain of boat that capsized in New York Harbor, killing two

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested the captain of a tour boat that capsized in New York Harbor earlier this month after the incident killed a mother and her baby. Manuel Hernandez, 46, is an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who entered the United States in 2007 after lying to a Customs and Border P

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The captain of a boat that capsized in New York Harbour earlier this month, killing a baby and her mother, has been detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, authorities said.

ICE detains captain of boat that capsized in NYC harbor, killing mother and infant  CNN

Manuel Hernandez, now in ICE custody, allegedly ran the unlicensed overcrowded boat tour that capsized near Liberty Island, killing a mother and baby.

The captain of a boat that capsized in New York Harbor, killing a mother and her baby, is an illegal immigrant.

Prosecutors allege Manuel Hernandez was illegally operating the boat at the time of the accident. The Department of Homeland Security said he is in the U.S. illegally.

Hernandez, a limo driver without a boat license, was in the US illegally when he capsized the overloaded 21-foot vessel on Aug. 8, drowning Sara Sanchez and her baby daughter, Antonella Garcia, the Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday.