A body has been recovered from the submerged wreck of the fishing trawler El Jefe near Sandy Hook, according to the Associated Press.

NYPD Special Ops tweeted this picture from the search for the vessel now identified as El Jefe.
NYPD Special Ops tweeted this picture from the search for the vessel now identified as El Jefe.
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The identity has not been issued but New Jersey State Police Captain Stephen Jones said that it was discovered by a private dive team.

A Coast Guard spokesperson told AP that the team was hired by the family of the man who captained the craft.

The 40-footer was reported taking on water Tuesday by another boater in the area.

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