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Coast Guard rescues at least 40 after boat capsizes near Mona Island

A vessel overturned several miles from the uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico on Monday.

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The US Coast Guard rescued at least 40 people Monday after a boat capsized several miles from Mona Island, an uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico.

The number of people aboard the vessel before it overturned, and any missing persons, remain unreported in the available record.

Search and recovery operations in the Mona Passage are ongoing.

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