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MEXICO CITY (AP) - Three fishermen who claim they survived nine months adrift in the Pacific Ocean returned home Friday and denied reports they might be drug smugglers who made up their account to avoid prosecution.
"I'm just grateful that I'm here alive," Jesus Vidana, whose 4-month-old daughter was born while he was at sea, said during a news conference after arriving in Mexico City.
Vidana, Salvador Ordonez and Lucio Rendon told authorities they had set out on Oct. 28, 2005, from San Blas, a coastal town about 410 miles northwest of Mexico City, to fish for sharks. But mechanical problems and adverse winds quickly pushed their 27-foot boat out to sea.
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