Coast Guard searching for missing crewmember from cruise ship Explorer of the Seas
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews are searching for a man Thursday who went overboard off the cruise ship Explorer of the Seas Wednesday night, approximately 120 miles north of Isabela, Puerto Rico.
CBIG partners detain 12 Dominicans interdicted at sea
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Caribbean Border Interagency Group law enforcement authorities detained 12 Dominican migrants Tuesday, following an at-sea interdiction Monday.
Criminal Division Chief José Ruiz Santiago and Assistant U.S. Attorney Evelyn Canals from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Puerto Rico accepted to prosecute the Dominicans for attempting to enter illegally into the United States or...
National Strike Force responds to tank farm explosion in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico — Coast Guard National Strike Force response teams arrived to Puerto Rico Friday afternoon to support local and federal authorities responding to an explosion that occured Friday morning at the Caribbean Petroleum Company tank farm in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
Coast Guard repatriates 11 Dominicans 2 more detained for prosecution
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Matinicus repatriated 11 Dominican migrants to La Romana, Dominican Republic Tuesday, following an at-sea interdiction by the Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo Sunday.
Coast Guard, Dominican Republic Navy Shiprider repatriate 11 La Romana, Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Matinicus and a Dominican Republic Navy Shiprider repatriated 11 Dominican migrants to La Romana, Dominican Republic Friday afternoon.
Coast Guard suspends search for possible survivors of downed aircraft in waters off Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard rescue crews suspended their search at 12p.m. Tuesday for possible survivors of a downed aircraft in waters off the Quebradillas, Puerto Rico shoreline.
Update on searches for possible survivors of downed aircraft
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Rescuers located the body of one male Monday from the Cessna 206 single-engine aircraft that went down approximately a half mile off the coast of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico, Sunday.
Coast Guard Repatriates 146 Dominicans to La Romana, Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo repatriated 146 Dominican migrants to La Romana, Dominican Republic Friday morning, following an at-sea interdiction by Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG) agencies Wednesday.
Coast Guard law enforcement personnel detained 11 Dominicans of the 157 migrants aboard the interdicted yola, for attempting to enter illegally into...
Coast Guard repatriates 40 Dominicans to La Romana, Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Matinicus repatriated 40 Dominican migrants to La Romana, Dominican Republic Wednesday, following an at-sea interdiction by Coast Guard law enforcement crews Monday.
The crew of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Caribbean Air & Marine Branch fixed-wing aircraft located a migrant yola Monday morning while patrolling waters north of...
