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Search for missing migrants suspended
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Juan suspended a four-day multiagency, international search at sea on the evening of Oct 1 for missing boat people of a mass rescue case in Mona Passage waters off Puerto Rico, pending new developments or information. Air and surface units searched for 78 consecutive hours covering more than 2,000 square nautical miles. On Sep 29, the 'Joseph Doyle' had transferred 49 survivors to Homeland Security Investigations agents and Ramey Sector U.S. Border Patrol authorities in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. The bodies of the three deceased migrants were transferred to Puerto Rico Institute of Forensic Sciences authorities. The Homeland Security Investigations were investigating the criminal nature of the case and continued efforts to confirm the names and nationalities of all individuals involved. Initial reports indicated that the majority of the migrants were citizens of the Dominican Republic, along with at least two Haitian nationals. The survivors reported an estimated 62 people originally had departed from the Dominican Republic aboard an overloaded, makeshift vessel bound for Puerto Rico. The vessel capsized on Sep 27 at approximately 11 p.m., after a violent altercation broke out on board, during which several individuals were wounded with a machete. The chaos onboard the vessel led to the vessel capsizing. Agencies, units and assets who participated in the search and rescue operations: - Pleasure Craft Flipity; - Coast Guard Sector San Juan ; - Coast Guard Cutters 'Joseph Doyle' and 'Joseph Tezanos'; - Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen; - Coast Guard Air Station Miami; - Coast Guard Auxiliary; - Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations; - U.S. Border Patrol Ramey Sector; - Puerto Rico Police, Joint Forces Rapid Action; - Puerto Rico Department of Natural and Environmental Resources; - U.S. Air Force Civil Air Patrol; - Dominican Republic Navy; - Dominican Republic Air Force; - Shield AI. Reports with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4617075/coast-guard-partner-agencies-suspend-search-for-missing-aliens-following-vessel/ https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4613083/coast-guard-partner-agencies-recover-2-deceased-rescue-40-off-mona-island-searc/
14 migrants repatriated
The 'Joseph Tezanos' repatriated 16 migrants to the Dominican Republic on Aug 26, following the interdiction of a makeshift vessel in Mona Passage waters off Puerto Rico, on Aug 21. The interdiction was part of the efforts of the Homeland Security Task Force – San Juan Region to combat human smuggling and deter maritime migration. Sector San Juan watchstanders had received a report from the aircrew of a Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry of a grossly overloaded 22-foot makeshift vessel off Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. A Customs and Border Protection multi-role enforcement aircraft joined the response and maintained aerial surveillance on scene as the Coast Guard cutter 'Richard Dixon' interdicted the suspect vessel. Following the interdiction, the crew safely embarked 19 people, among them 14 men, three women and two minors, who claimed being Dominican Republic nationals. The migrant group was transferred to the 'Joseph Tezanos' for their repatriation. 14 of the migrants were repatriated at sea to Dominican Republic Navy vessel 'Bellatrix', while the two minors were transferred shoreside to National Council for Children and Adolescents CONANI representatives. Report with photo: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4585665/coast-guard-repatriates-16-aliens-to-dominican-republic-following-vessel-interd/
Homeland Security Task Force San Juan partners apprehend a stowaway, seized $4.8 million in cocaine off Arecibo
The 'Joseph Tezanos' and 'Isaac Mayo' along with the Homeland Security Task Force - San Juan Region law enforcement partners apprehended a stowaway and seized a weapon and nine bales of cocaine off the northern coast of Arecibo, Puerto Rico on June 10. The seized cocaine weighed approximately 237.75 kgs and is estimated to have a wholesale value of $4.8 million. The apprehended drug trafficker faces federal prosecution on drug trafficking and firearms charges. During an at sea boarding of the barge 'Crimson Clover' during the vessel’s transit to San Juan, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutters located athe stowaway with a firearm and nine bales of suspected contraband that were tested and confirmed to be cocaine. The 'Isaac Mayo' then met with Homeland Security Task Force San Juan law enforcement partners at theCoast Guard Base San Juan, who received custody of the smuggler, weapon, and cocaine. Report with photos: https://www.news.uscg.mil/Press-Releases/Article/4514936/homeland-security-task-force-san-juan-partners-apprehend-a-stowaway-seize-48-mi/
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