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Authorities patrolling U.S. waters apprehended more than 100 illegal aliens from Haiti and the Dominican Republic over the weekend.
Three maritime incursions were thwarted near Puerto Rico during a busy 24-hour period in the Caribbean Sea.
On Saturday night, a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) aircraft âsighted a grossly overloaded makeshift vessel in Mona Passage waters northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico,â the USCG explained a press release.
A USCG cutter intercepted the vessel and took 57 passengers into custody, including 51 citizens of the Dominican Republic and six Haitians.
On Sunday morning, the USCG was alerted by a tugboat captain who had observed stowaways aboard a barge being towed south of Ponce, Puerto Rico.
Two of the stowaways were rescued by Puerto Rican authorities after jumping into the sea, while 11 more hailing from the Dominican Republic and Haiti were removed from the barge.
They were all identified as âmigrants.â
#Breaking @USCG Cutter Joseph Tezanos repatriated 101 migrants to Dominican Republic, Monday, following three interdictions of unlawful, irregular migration attempts during the weekend near Puerto Rico.
— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) April 9, 2024
On Sunday night, a USCG aircrew spotted a âgrossly overloaded makeshift vessel in the Mona Passageâ near Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
A cutter crew took 34 illegal aliens into custody, all of whom âclaimed to be Dominican Republic nationals,â according to the USCG…
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