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 CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) - The remains of dozens of Haitian migrants who died when their boat capsized off the Turks and Caicos Islands were returned to their homeland Saturday and buried in a common grave, angering relatives who were not given a chance to identify their loved ones.
Family members clutching photographs of victims wept as the 59 bodies — wrapped in black bags and marked "John Doe" or "Jane Doe" — were unloaded from a cargo ship in Cap-Haitien's seaport, two weeks after one of the deadliest disasters to hit Haitians in years. Officials said the bodies were badly decomposed and could not be readily identified.
"God will welcome each one of you, our compatriots. You should not have had to take to the seas and leave your country," the Rev. Hubert Constant, the archbishop of Cap-Haitien, said after blessing the 28 male and 31 female victims.
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