Coast Guard to suspend active search for missing people at sunset

If there is no new information by sunset Thursday, the Coast Guard will suspend actively searching for possible survivors of a capsized boat that is a “suspected human smuggling venture.”Officials said four additional bodies were found between Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, bringing the total number of bodies found to five.The Coast Guard will not be closing the case, even when it ends its active search, and will continue to be a presence on the water, Commanding Officer Capt. Jo-ann Burdian said.Burdian said there were a lot of factors that went into making the “very difficult decision” and gave her “deepest condolences.”So far, an area larger the size of Massachusetts has been searched and debris fields have been found.”It is dire,” Burdian said. “Every moment that passes, it becomes much more dire that anyone could survive in those conditions. The most important thing for…