Death Penalty Posed for Refugee Deaths

Prosecuting lawyers said they will seek the death penalty against three brothers accused of smuggling Cuban refugees to Miami, three of whom died. Abel Morejon, 34, of Miami, and his two brothers Nicandro, 38, and Jorge, 39, were charged with alien smuggling. The U.S. Coast Guard was alerted that the 24-foot High Seas was taking on water off the Florida coast when someone on board used a cellular telephone to call a relative in Miami. A rescue helicopter found the boat capsized, surrounded by 16 people initially believed to be all Cuban nationals.