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 38 people to Cuba
A Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations airplane crew alerted Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel, at approximately 1:30 p.m., about 26 miles off Key West, April 28, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark’s crew repatriated 38 Cubans to Cuba, Monday, following six interdictions off the Florida Keys.
A Customs and Border Protection...
Coast Guard transfers 14 migrants to Bahamas
Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents contacted Coast Guard Sector Miami watchstanders after locating a suspicious vessel near Baker’s Haulover Inlet, Florida, Sep. 11, 2021.
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Manatee’s crew transferred 14 migrants to Bahamian authorities, Monday.
Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations agents contacted Coast Guard Sector...
Haitian earthquake response efforts in Port au Prince, Haiti Press Conference
U.S. Agency for International Development for the Latin and Caribbean region senior official Tim Callahan (Left), Coast Guard Seventh District Commander Rear Adm. Brendan McPherson, and U.S Ambassador to Haiti Michele Sison discuss unity of efforts in Port au Prince, Haiti, Aug. 20, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa Rodriguez)
MIAMI — U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Michele...
Coast Guard suspends search for 9 missing Cubans off Key West
Coast Guard Cutter Thetis file photo
MIAMI — The Coast Guard suspended the search for the nine missing Cubans approximately 26 miles southeast of Key West, Friday, at approximately 10:30 p.m., pending the development of new information.
Coast Guard air and surface asset personnel conducted multiple search patterns for more than 192 hours. These searches covered approximately 7,459 square miles, which...
Coast Guard halts illegal use of “paper captains”
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fisheries law enforcement teams investigated and ceased the use of illegal foreign nationals on a fleet of commercial tuna fishing vessels that operate out of the State of Washington during the summer months.
Since 2019, Coast Guard personnel, working collaboratively with CBP and NOAA agents,...
Coast Guard suspends search for 10 missing people south of Long Key
Coast Guard Cutter William Trump file photo
KEY WEST, Fla. —The Coast Guard suspended the search Monday at 6:45 p.m., for 10 people who were reported as missing approximately 8 miles south of Long Key.
Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders received a report of an overdue rustic vessel with 10 people aboard that departed Feb. 7 from Cuba.
Coast Guard crews searched an area of about 12,300 square...
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 interdicts 23 illegal migrants, 2 smugglers east of Palm Beach
Pictured are 23 illegal migrants and two suspected smugglers on a 25-foot pleasure craft approximately 10 miles east of Palm Beach, Florida, Oct. 09, 2020. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Huber.
KEY WEST, Fla. — The Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations interdicted 23 illegal Haitian migrants and two Bahamian suspected smugglers approximately...
