"We do suspect that this is a case of human smuggling, as this event occurred in a normal route for human smuggling," Burdian said, adding that U.S. Homeland Security officials were investigating the incident.
U.S. Coast Guard finds one body, 38 still missing off FL coast
Coast Guard Commander Jo-Ann Burdian said during a news conference in Miami that search and rescue efforts would continue for survivors, a day after a good Samaritan found a man perched on the mostly submerged hull of the overturned boat in the Atlantic Ocean and rescued him.