Officials also have not confirmed where those aboard the vessel were headed when it overturned.The vessel was travelling on a route typically associated with illegal maritime smuggling operations, according to officials.Rescue crews searched more than 2,441 square miles of ocean before suspending the operation due to major challenges caused by the challenging weather and the remote offshore location.Captain Joseph Meuse, chief of staff for the Coast Guard Southwest District, said: “Suspending a search is never easy, and this was an exceptionally dynamic case, far offshore, in rough weather. We can say with confidence that human traffickers have zero regard for human life and routinely put the lives of illegal aliens and the lives of rescue crews at risk.”