Coast Guard repatriates 58 people to Cuba
Coast Guard crew members from Station Islamorada interdict a rustic vessel approximately 20 miles southeast of Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida, July 23, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI – Coast Guard crews repatriated 58 people to Cuba, Friday, following three separate migrant vessel interdictions originating from Cuba in the past week.
The Coast Guard and its Homeland Security Task Force –...
Coast Guard repatriates 119 people to Dominican Republic
Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley interdict a rustic vessel approximately 71 miles northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, July 17, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard crews repatriated 119 people to the Dominican Republic, following four separate migrant vessel interdictions in the Mona Passage over the past eight days.
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Coast Guard conducts maritime security exercise in Texas
Law enforcement personnel watch a presentation during a multi-agency maritime security exercise Wednesday, July 19 in Port Lavaca, Texas. (Courtesy Photo)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard and federal, state, and local agency partners conducted a maritime security exercise in Port Lavaca, Texas, Wednesday.
Approximately 80 people from 33 agencies and five counties participated in the exercise,...
Coast Guard seeks information after laser strike hits boatcrew
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard is requesting information from the public in locating a suspect or suspects who pointed a green laser light into the eyes of a Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay boatcrew member west of the Tillamook Bay entrance Wednesday evening.
Around 10:45 p.m., the 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew reported that a laser was shined into the eyes of one of the boatcrew members while the vessel...
Coast Guard repatriates 143 people to Haiti, Cuba
Coast Guard Station Marathon crew interdicts a rustic vessel 18 miles south of Boot Key, Florida, July 14, 2023. The people interdicted were repatriated to Cuba July 17, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI – Coast Guard crews repatriated 89 people to Haiti and 54 people to Cuba following three separate migrant vessel interdictions in the past week which originated from either Haiti or Cuba.
The...
Coast Guard transfers 275 migrants to Bahamas
Surveillance of a Haitian sail freighter approximately 26 miles east of Punta de Maisi, Cuba, July 16, 2023. All people aboard were transferred to Bahamas, July 17, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI – Coast Guard crews transferred 275 people to Bahamian authorities, Monday, following the interdiction of a migrant vessel in Bahamian waters.
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Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast offloads $158 million of drugs
Crew members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) stack interdicted, illegal drugs on the flight deck of the cutter as they prepare to offload in San Diego, July 17, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Uranga)
SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) offloaded more than 11,600 pounds of cocaine and 5,500 pounds of marijuana...
Coast Guard and CBP seize 223 pounds of narcotics
SAN PEDRO, Calif. – U.S. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles – Long Beach and U.S. Customs and Border Protection recovered 223 pounds of cocaine today from a vessel that became disabled on July 4, off the coast of Columbia.
Two individuals on a disabled panga-style vessel flagged down a good Samaritan en route to Long Beach, California. The good Samaritan vessel recovered the two individuals and...
Coast Guard repatriates 22 people to Cuba, Bahamas
A good Samaritan notified Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders of a rustic vessel about 25 miles south of Marquesas, Florida, July 7, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI – Coast Guard crews repatriated four people to Cuba and transferred 18 people to the Bahamas following three separate migrant vessel interdictions in the past week which originated from either Cuba or the Bahamas.
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