Coast Guard repatriates 77 people to Cuba, Bahamas

Coast Guard repatriates 77 people to Cuba, Bahamas
Migrants await being transferred from a 30-foot pleasure craft about 25 miles east of St. Luice, Florida, May 17, 2023. U.S. Coast Guard photo. MIAMI – Coast Guard crews repatriated and transferred 77 people to Cuba and the Bahamas over seven days, with these encounters coming from five separate voyages, originating from Cuba or the Bahamas. The Coast Guard and its Homeland Security Task Force –...

Coast Guard participates in Balikatan 23

Coast Guard participates in Balikatan 23
Members of U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team West, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, and Armed Forces of the Philippines Force Reconnaissance Marines conduct flat range training during Balikatan 23 at Marine Base Gregorio Lim, Philippines, April 16, 2023.  (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo). PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines — U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team...

Coast Guard repatriates 96 migrants to the Dominican Republic

Coast Guard repatriates 96 migrants to the Dominican Republic
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley File Photo SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley crew returned 96 migrants to the Dominican Republic, Tuesday, following three vessel interdictions in Mona Passage waters off the west coast of Puerto Rico. The Coast Guard, along with Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast partners, maintains a continual presence with air, land, and...

Coast Guard terminates illegal charter near Key Largo

Coast Guard terminates illegal charter near Key Largo
KEY WEST, Fla. — Coast Guard Sector Key West issued a Captain of the Port Order, Friday, requiring the operator of the pleasure craft to immediately cease commercial operations and comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Coast Guard law enforcement officers from Station Islamorada terminated the voyage of an illegal passenger vessel on Jewfish Creek late Wednesday evening, near Key Largo,...

Coast Guard repatriates 29 migrants to the Dominican Republic

Coast Guard repatriates 29 migrants to the Dominican Republic
A vessel lays adrift in the Mona Passage shortly after being interdicted by a Puerto Rico Police Joint Forces of Rapid Action Marine Unit near Aguada, Puerto Rico, May 16, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard crews repatriated 29 people to the Dominican Republic Thursday, following multiple interdictions in the Mona Passage off the west coast of Puerto Rico. The Coast...

Coast Guard transferred 169 people to Cuba, Bahamas

Coast Guard transferred 169 people to Cuba, Bahamas
A Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton small boat boatcrew transports six migrants to Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton, May 9, 2023.  The migrants were stranded on Cay Sal Island, Bahamas. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo) MIAMI – Coast Guard crews repatriated and transferred 169 people to Cuba and the Bahamas from Friday through Tuesday, making it known that the maritime borders to the United States are closed...

Coast Guard returns 96 migrants to the Dominican Republic

Coast Guard returns 96 migrants to the Dominican Republic
Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos file photo SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard crews returned 96 of 102 people to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel Tuesday, following three separate interdictions in Mona Passage waters off the west coast of Puerto Rico. The Coast Guard, along with Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast partners, maintains a continual presence with air, land and sea assets in...

Coast Guard returns 33 migrants to the Dominican Republic

Coast Guard returns 33 migrants to the Dominican Republic
Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard returned 33 migrants to the Dominican Republic, Saturday, following the interdiction of a migrant vessel in the Mona Passage near Puerto Rico. The interdiction is the result of ongoing local and federal multi-agency efforts in support of the Caribbean Border Interagency...

Coast Guard repatriates 68 people to Cuba, Bahamas

Coast Guard repatriates 68 people to Cuba, Bahamas
MIAMI — Coast Guard crews repatriated 50 people to Cuba and transferred 18 people to the Bahamas, following three interdictions off the coasts of Florida and Bahamas, in the past week. A Customs and Border Protection Maritime Patrol aircrew reported to the Coast Guard of a suspicious vessel about 11 miles west of Cay Sal, Bahamas, May 5. The Coast Guard Cutter William Trump crew interdicted the vessel...