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Coast Guard detained at least 88 such voyages in waters near Puerto Rico and in the Mona Passage, which separates the U.S. territory from the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

The center of Fiona was expected to cross the Mona Passage between western Puerto Rico and the eastern Dominican Republic early Monday.

After making landfall in extreme southwest Puerto Rico on Sunday, Fiona’s center passed back over the waters of the Mona Passage to its west.

For decades, smugglers have attempted to navigate the tempestuous Mona Passage between Puerto Rico’s west coast and the Dominican Republic.

“We say that the largest cemetery we have in the Dominican Republic is the Mona Passage,” said Jose Rodriguez, spokesman for the Dominican Committee on Human Rights based in Puerto Rico.