One dead, two survive after boat carrying copper sinks off Icacos

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July 27, 2026

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One dead, two survive after boat carrying copper sinks off Icacos

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RADHICA DE SILVA

Just days after two Venezuelan migrants, including a six-year-old girl, drowned when an overcrowded pirogue capsized in the Columbus Channel, another illegal sea voyage has ended in tragedy.

A boat allegedly transporting copper to Venezuela sank in rough seas off Icacos on Saturday, leaving one Venezuelan man, Julio Lopez, dead.

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