88 Rescued, Thanks to Message in a Bottle
From Times staff and wire reports
Eighty-eight South Americans lost at sea while trying to reach the U.S. were rescued after tying a message in a bottle to a passing boat’s fishing line. Costa Rican authorities were returning them to Ecuador.
The migrants from Ecuador and Peru were adrift for three days after being abandoned by smugglers.
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