A suspected migrant smuggler in the Bahamas has lost his fight to avoid extradition to the U.S., where he is accused of helping organize a voyage in which one man died.The Court of Appeal ruled that Henry Pierre can be sent to Florida to face federal migrant smuggling charges. Monday's ruling upheld a lower court's decision.
U.S. authorities say Pierre and two other Bahamians were part of a ring that smuggled people from the island chain to Florida. A 38-year-old Haitian man drowned on one trip, allegedly after a smuggler pushed him overboard.
Pierre was arrested last year after he was featured on "America's Most Wanted." Lawyers for the 31-year-old argued there was not enough evidence to extradite him.
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