MADRID, Spain, Aug 13, SPA -- A small boat packed with Africans trying to reach Spain's Canary Islands capsized Friday inrough seas, leaving one dead and 32 missing, Spanishauthorities said. A police patrol had intercepted the boat and was about 50meters (yards) away when some of the undocumented migrantsstood up, causing their vessel to capsize, the InteriorMinistry said. One woman drowned, six other people were rescued and 32more are missing, the ministry said in a statement. The boat overturned in seas with waves up to three meters(10 feet) high. Two police patrol boats and a helicoptersearched the accident site for bodies or survivors. Another boat sailing nearby with 35 Africans wasintercepted and everyone aboard was taken into custody, theministry said. The pre-dawn accident occurred about 13 kilometers (8miles) off Fuerteventura, one of the islands in the Spanisharchipelago in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast ofAfrica.-SPA1326 Local Time 1026 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/191508
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