11:01 am on Friday June 18, 2010
| Posted by Ken Hawkins
One stowaway dead, two captured in Charleston port incident (updated)
Image by Flickr user tim.md The MSC Colombia, a ship similar in size to the MSC Debra.
Update June 18:
The two surviving container ship stowaways Eddy Martinez Reyees and Jose Miquel Crisostomo-Perez, appeared in court this morning to face formal charges.
Reyees is charged with reentry of an alien subsequent to a conviction for an aggravated felony. Crisostomo-Perez is charged with improper entry of an alien.
The State has more on the sentencing.
First reporting:
Officials are saying that three men from the Dominican Republic stowed away aboard a container on the MSC Debra, only thanks to little supplies and high temperatures one person died on the multi-day trip.
NBC News 2's video report is your best bet for the story.