9 bodies found adrift in a boat off Brazil were likely migrants from Mauritania

17/4/2024 6:50

        Brazilian police investigating the grim discovery of a boat with several decomposing bodies say they were likely African migrants from Mali and Mauritania.
        
        Fishermen off Brazil's northern coastal state of Para found the boat adrift Saturday in the Atlantic Ocean. Brazil's Federal Police said in a statement late on Monday they had recovered nine dead in all.
        
        On Tuesday afternoon, officials said the boat is believed to have been carrying at least 25 people, based on the number of raincoats found inside the vessel.