Coast Guard interdicts 4 aliens in Mission Bay, Calif
SAN DIEGO — A Coast Guard Sector San Diego boarding team interdicted four aliens aboard a 36-foot sailboat in Mission Bay, California, Saturday. At 11:15 a.m., Coast Guard Sector San Diego watchstanders received a report of a suspicious vessel departing for Mission Bay and directed its boarding team to conduct a landside boarding of the vessel. The boarding team identified six people aboard the vessel. Four were aliens, including three adults and one unaccompanied minor, who claimed Mexican nationality. Additionally, the boarding team identified two American citizens who claimed to own the vessel. All six people were taken into custody by another DHS agency, and the vessel was seized. -USCG-