Migrant boat captain arrested after ramming police vessel, 14 detained
TL;DR
Fourteen migrants have been detained after their boat rammed into a Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office marine vessel and then fled. The boat's captain, Bazaeluis Francois, was arrested for aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer. The migrants' boat was eventually beached north of the Juno Beach Pier, and the migrants will be turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol.
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