Coast Guard detains 12 Mexican fishermen, seizes 1,400 pounds of illegally caught fish off Texas coast
A Coast Guard law enforcement crew surveys a Mexican lancha offshore the southern Texas coast, April 21, 2025. Coast Guard Cutter Alert, Cutter Jacob Poroo, and Coast Guard Station South Padre Island interdicted a total of 12 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing north of the Maritime Boundary Line (MBL) in the Gulf of America. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)