Overview

• The duty judge in San Bartolomé de Tirajana ordered the 17 suspects jailed on September 5 after hearing them alongside four protected survivors.
• Police identified the detainees as 16 Senegalese nationals and one Gambian who were among 251 people brought ashore in Arguineguín.
• Judicial officials say the case is being investigated for facilitating irregular migration as well as homicides and injuries, with the number of victims still to be determined.
• Survivors reported roughly 11 days at sea with an estimated 70 deaths, describing extreme violence, fatal dehydration and cases of people being thrown overboard alive.
• The cayuco was spotted by a merchant ship about 429 km west of Dajla on August 24, and Spain’s Salvamento Marítimo dispatched a vessel after Morocco reported no available resources.