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| Media Release |
Date: Mar. 22, 2008
Contact: Anastasia Devlin
Contact: Richard Smith |
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DHS agencies interdict 11 migrants off San Diego http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=242051 SAN DIEGO -- Eleven Mexican migrants were apprehended this morning by Coast Guard officers as they tried to illegally enter the U.S. by boat.While on patrol, the crew of a 33-foot Coast Guard Station San Diego vessel encountered the 30-foot recreational vessel El Pescador at 4:50 a.m., about three miles off Point Loma, Calif. On board, they found 11 migrants, including one pregnant woman. The Coast Guard Cutter Petrel arrived on scene shortly thereafter, and embarked the migrants. The crews returned to Coast Guard Sector San Diego where they were met by agents from Customs and Border Protection's Office of Border Patrol, Marine Patrol, and the HIDTA Maritime Task Force who took the 11 migrants and the 30-foot El Pescador into custody for further investigation and processing. "This is one of many successes of ongoing joint operations between the Coast Guard; Customs and Border Protection's Air & Marine Patrol, Office of Border Patrol, and Office of Field Operations; and Immigration and Customs Enforcement," said Cmdr. Danny LeBlanc, deputy commander of Coast Guard Sector San Diego. "Our objective is to strengthen and enhance existing partnerships and collaboration between DHS agencies in San Diego who have common responsibilities and missions in the maritime domain."
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