The Santa Cruz Prosecutor’s Office Tenerife calls for a six-year prison sentence for a man, of Guinean nationality, who sand was in charge of directing a canoe with 12 Senegalese and Malian migrants which arrived at the port of Los Cristianos, in the south of Tenerife.
The boat, powered by a single engineset sail from the coast of Mauritania and during the six days of travel, The accused was in charge of controlling the canoe using a GPS navigation systemsays the Prosecutor’s Office document collected by Europa Press.
The canoe was not suitable for the trip and did not have safety measures such as life jackets.nautical communication means and position lights, to the point that one of the engines broke down during the crossing.
In addition, The limited size of the canoe meant that the space available to the people on board was insufficient..
The Prosecutor’s Office considers that The facts constitute a crime of favoring irregular immigration by the accusedwho is in provisional prison.
