Archive | October, 2008

CBP and Coast Guard Team Up to Interdict 5 Migrants

Five Mexican migrants were apprehended this afternoon by Coast Guard officers and Customs and Border Protection marine interdiction agents as they tried to illegally enter the U.S. by boat. At 9:26 a.m., the Coast Guard received a report from CBP officials of suspicious activity aboard a red speedboat headed northbound into U.S. waters, about a [...]

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CBP, Coast Guard Detect Small Boat in Caribbean with 157 Illegal Migrants

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and U.S. Coast Guard personnel discovered 157 Dominicans aboard a small overloaded boat Tuesday afternoon. Eleven of the migrants were turned over to CBP Border Patrol agents for attempting to enter illegally into the United States or a U.S. Territory on multiple occasions. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Puerto [...]

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