Coast Guard ends search in the Mona Passage for Crown Topaz missing mariner
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews at Sector San Juan ended their search Monday morning in Mona Passage waters for a missing crewman aboard the 498-foot Panamanian cargo vessel Crown Topaz.
San Juan based Coast Guard Cutter Cushing welcomes a new commander
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard Sector San Juan conducted a change of command ceremony Friday for the Coast Guard Cutter Cushing, home ported in San Juan.
Coast Guard, ICE special agents arrest 3 smugglers off Puerto Rico waters, seize $7.5 million in cocaine
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico-The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cushing, working jointly with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents, arrested three smugglers and seized approximately 534 pounds of cocaine and 10 pounds of an undetermined substance in Mayaguez, following an at-sea interdiction of a pleasure craft Thursday.
Caribbean Corridor Strike Force arrests 5, seizes $46 million in cocaine
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – U.S. Coast Guardsmen, working jointly with Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF) agents, arrested five suspected Honduran smugglers and seized 66 bales of cocaine in San Juan Friday, following an at-sea interdiction of the fishing vessel Two Brothers on May 24.
Coast Guard repatriates 8 to La Romana, Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Cushing repatriated eight Dominicans and one Cuban to La Romana, Dominican Republic Tuesday morning, while four other Dominicans were detained for prosecution following an at-sea interdiction by Caribbean Border Interagency law enforcement authorities Sunday.
Coast Guard repatriates 38 Dominicans to La Romana, Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Cushing repatriated 38 Dominican migrants to La Romana, Dominican Republic Thursday morning, while 16 others were detained for prosecution following an at-sea interdiction by Caribbean Border Interagency law enforcement authorities Tuesday.