MIAMI (AP) – A Bahamian boat captain has been sentenced to 14 years in United States prison for a human smuggling venture that resulted in the deaths of four Haitian women.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams imposed the sentence Wednesday on Naaman Davis, who pleaded guilty in May. Prosecutors say Davis was at the helm when the 24-foot boat carrying the migrants capsized about seven miles offshore of Miami in October 2013.
Court documents show Davis admitted smoking crack cocaine and drinking rum during the ill-fated trip from Bimini, Bahamas, to South Florida.
Eleven migrants survived the capsizing. Five of them have also pleaded guilty to a variety of federal crimes.
The four female victims were trapped underneath the boat.
