Coast Guard, partners interdict 7 drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean
Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier file photo.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations and the Dutch Caribbean coast guard interdicted seven suspected drug smuggling vessels over 10 days near Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico in the Eastern Caribbean.
The collaboration between the federal agencies resulted in more than 3,700 pounds of...
Coast Guard medically evacuates ships captain over 100 miles offshore
Coast Guard Cutter Thetis file photo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard medically evacuated the Captain of the 734-foot Singapore-flagged container ship M/V Maersk Batam Monday night, approximately 100 nautical miles south of Puerto Rico Monday night.
The Captain of the M/V Maersk Batam, 57, is a citizen of the United Kingdom, who experienced life threatening symptoms of a possible stroke during...
Coast Guard ends search for 14 Dominican Republic migrants aboard overdue boat in the Caribbean Sea
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard rescue crews ended a massive four-day search Monday evening in the Caribbean Sea for possible survivors of an overdue illegal migrant boat reportedly transporting a group of 14 Dominican Republic nationals from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Juan received multiple phone calls Friday night from concerned family members...
Coast Guard and CBIG authorities seize $38 million dollar cocaine shipment in the Caribbean Sea
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) authorities disrupted a maritime illegal drug shipment Friday seizing 54 bales of cocaine, weighing 3,306 pounds, in the Caribbean Sea.
Federal law enforcement authorities in support of Caribbean Border Interagency Group’s...
