Coast Guard suspends search for overdue fisherman
Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon file photo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard search for an overdue fisherman was suspended pending further developments Wednesday, following a five-day search and rescue operation in the Mona Passage.
Still missing is Wilson Negrón, who is the remaining of two fishermen reported overdue in this case. A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescued Luis Eliel Guerra...
Coast Guard rescues overdue fisherman on Mona Island
Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon file photo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew and a Good Samaritan vessel rescued one of two overdue fishermen Monday, after he was found stranded on Mona Island, Puerto Rico.
Still missing is Wilson Negrón, while rescued is Luis Eliel Guerra, 29, after he was found by a Good Samaritan vessel stranded on ‘Pajaros Beach’ on...
Coast Guard searches for 2 overdue fishermen off Puerto Rico
Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Barney.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard air and surface units are searching for two overdue fishermen Sunday in Mona Passage waters off Rincón, Puerto Rico.
Overdue are Luis Eliel Guerra, 29, and Wilson Negrón, who reportedly departed from Rincón at approximately 4 a.m. Saturday on a fishing trip aboard an Aquasport,...
Coast Guard rescues 2 in the Mona Passage
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Ferdinando
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter rescued two men from a sinking vessel Tuesday in the Mona Passage.
Rescued are two U.S. citizens, who reportedly were the only persons aboard a 27-foot Robalo, when the vessel became disabled and began taking on...
Coast Guard rescues 3 from fishing vessel near Puerto Rico
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescued three men from a disabled fishing vessel off the northern coast of Cayo Norte just northeast of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico Saturday.
Rescued are two U.S. citizens and a U.S. resident, who were forced to abandon the 39-foot fishing vessel Dolphin II after the vessel became disabled...
Coast Guard crews, tank ship assist boater near Puerto Rico
The chemical tank ship Silver Dover assists an 80-year-old man in distress aboard the sailing vessel Tao Feb. 4, 2023, approximately 57 nautical miles southeast of Puerto Rico. (U.S. Coast Guard photo).
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard crews and the crew of the chemical tank ship Silver Dover assisted a boater in distress Saturday morning in the Caribbean Sea, approximately 57 nautical miles southeast...
Coast Guard ends search for man in Cabo Rojo
Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter file photo by Auxiliarist Joseph Feldman.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard rescue units ended their search for a man who fell off a 70-foot coastal cliff near the lighthouse in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico, after a Puerto Rico Emergency Bureau dive unit located and recovered the man’s submerged body Monday afternoon.
A Puerto Police Joint Forces of Rapid Action...
Coast Guard searching for man in Cabo Rojo
Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon file photo
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard air and surface units are searching Monday for a man believed to have fallen off a 70-foot coastal cliff near the lighthouse in Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico.
Edgar Garay, 27, a resident of Indiana, reportedly left from San Juan on a recreational day trip to the southwestern coast of Puerto Rico and was last seen at approximately...
Coast Guard crews rescue 2 boaters near San Juan
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard surface and air unit combined efforts to rescue two boaters following a vessel capsizing Wednesday morning, approximately six and a half nautical miles northeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Rescued are Stephen McGrath, 54, and Tyler Penfield, 25, who reportedly were fishing for Mahi when a swell came over the bow of the 25-foot vessel Vida Azul causing the vessel...
