Greece: Sailboat carrying 75 migrants safely towed to port

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says a sailboat carrying dozens of migrants that had sent a distress signal in rough weather off the southern tip of mainland Greece has been safely towed to port. There were no reports of any injuries or missing people. A broad search and rescue operation was launched after the boat issued the distress call while sailing around 3 nautical miles (3.4 miles, 5.5 kilometers) south of Cape Maleas in the southern Peloponnese region. The vessel was safely towed to a nearby port early Friday morning and found to have been carrying 75 people — 69 men and six women. Authorities did not have any immediate information on the passengers’ nationalities, where the boat had set sail from or what its intended destination was.