Sixteen and hungry, she followed the men who had promised her work and food. Instead, they smuggled her out of Venezuela by sea, secretly planning to force her into a brothel in Trinidad. Put in a fishing boat, the girl, Yoskeili Zurita, said she sped away with dozens of other women, including her cousin.
But the overloaded skiff took on water fast β and capsized with the roll of a sudden swell. Screams pealed across the water. Women cried out the names of children they had left behind. In the darkness, someone prayed.
She never saw her cousin again. The boat sank with 38 passengers in late April, most of them women. Only nine people survived, among them Yoskeili and other women who the authorities now say were victims of a human smuggling ring. Jump to. Sections of this page. Accessibility help.
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