NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:
The suspect was conducting unlicensed tour operations at the time of the accident
WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement after an investigation by the U.S. Coast Guard led to the arrest of a criminal illegal alien following a boat accident in New York Harbor which led to the death of a woman and her infant.
On August 8, 2026, a vessel that was piloted by Manuel Ernesto Hernandez-Umana, an illegal alien from El Salvador, capsized in New York Harbor. The accident resulted in the deaths of a 27-year-old woman and her 5-month-old infant. Hernandez-Umana had been using the boat to c...