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MULTIPLE arrests have been made over the deaths of 70 migrants on a hellish boat trip – after reports of executions and people throwing themselves overboard.
A mass murder investigation was launched in the Canary Islands after coastguards rescued a stranded migrant boat with 250 onboard.
The migrants were crammed onto a wooden ‘cayuco’ canoe, like this one[/caption]
It arrived in the Canary Islands from West Africa with around 70 fewer people than when it set off (stock image)[/caption]
The 250 survivors were rescued by the Spanish coastguard and brought to the Canary Islands[/caption]
Spanish cops were combing migrant centres on the islands for a group who had allegedly turned against their fellow passengers as the boat drifted in the Atlantic.
Today, they revealed that “several people” had been arrested and will appear before the courts.
Some passengers are said to have been slaughtered in cold blood after being accused of witchcraft – while others died of dehydration or threw themselves overboard in a state of delirium.
Police were unable to confirm a final death toll.
They are now grilling the suspects in order to establish exactly what transpired on the horror-show boat trip.
The cursed episode began when a cayuco set off from Western Sahara for the Canary Islands.
There were apparently 320 people on the boat when it left Africa, but only 250 when it was rescued by Spanish coastguards.
It’s thought the boat’s engine broke down a short way into the journey, meaning the migrants were stranded under the hot sun with limited supplies.
Reports say some passengers were initially accused of theft or depleting the water supply.
But these became more extreme as the days dragged on – eventually building to cries of witchcraft.
While some of the passengers died of natural causes, up to 30 of the younger male passengers were reportedly suspected of plotting against and killing an unspecified number of their boatmates.
The boat was spotted adrift by a merchant ship on Sunday, August 24.
Morocco, which shares responsibility for the waters with Spain, said it didn’t have the resources to deal with the emergency.
Spanish coastguards rescued around 250 people on board the stricken boat west of the city of Dakhla, 265 miles from the Canaries, bringing it to the islands on August 25.
Survivors told rescuers on their arrival to the port of Arguineguín they had been at sea for around 11 days.
They confirmed to police that dozens had died from a lack of water but that some were deliberately executed.
Unconfirmed reports have suggested that police were seeking 20 – 30 migrants over unnatural deaths on the boat.
If convicted, the men could face life imprisonment.
To reach the archipelago from Africa, boats must cross the “Western Route”, which is infamously dangerous for migrants.
OFFICIALS on the Canary Islands are demanding a state of emergency be declared to combat the growing migrant crisis.
Around 47,000 people arrived in Spain on small boats last year with government officials saying the number of unaccompanied minors has reached almost three times the official capacity.
This year alone, from January 1, to May 15, 10,882 people have reached the Canaries via maritime routes.
Many of these include young children with the government now admitting they are struggling to keep them all safe due to the volume of those arriving.
The popular holiday islands have a recognised capacity to house 1,737 migrant children.
But the number coming over from parts of West Africa across the Atlantic Ocean have skyrocketed recently with 5,017 minors now on the archipelago.
Concerned officials on the Canary Islands formally asked the Spanish government to declare a migration emergency after the figures were revealed.
Earlier this year, Spain’s Supreme Court ruled that unaccompanied migrants must be distributed around the country in order to ease pressure on places like the Canary Islands.
The first ten children were transferred from Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, to the mainland in August 2025.
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