THE Miami Herald reports today that two Miami men have been accused of taking part in a migrant smuggling operation involving seven Jamaicans, four Haitians and four Sri Lankan men.

The men face alien smuggling charges.

The boatload of people landed illegally on a beach in Fort Lauderdale on Monday night.

Officials discovered about $11,000 in American and Bahamian currency on the boat and said that most of the migrants were smuggled into Florida from the Bahamas.

The group came ashore Monday night near Haulover Beach after ramming a United States Coast Guard boat, then running aground, according to federal authorities. Moments later, people began jumping off the boat and onto the beach.