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Feb. 2, 2025
Coast Guard interdicts 16 aliens near Mission Bay
SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard interdicted a panga with 16 aliens aboard approximately 15 miles off the coast of Mission Bay, Sunday morning.
Feb. 1, 2025
Update 2: Coast Guard, multiple partner agencies, responding to plane crash in Potomac River
The U.S. Coast Guard continues to support local, city, state and federal partners Saturday in response to the aircraft collision that occurred Wednesday evening over the Potomac River in Washington.
Jan. 31, 2025
Coast Guard rescues 2 people near Bay of Jacmel, Haiti
MIAMI — Coast Guard aircrews located and rescued two boaters, Friday, approximately 46 miles south of Jacmel, Haiti, after their sailing vessel started taking on water.
Coast Guard, partners respond to aground vessels in Maui following storms
HONOLULU – The Coast Guard and the Department of Land and Natural Resources are responding to a grounded vessel on the north side of Honolua Bay in Maui Friday.
Owner of illegal passenger vessel sentenced to prison
NEW YORK — The owner of the vessel Stimulus Money, Richard Cruz, was sentenced to 18 months in prison Thursday after pleading guilty for his role in the July 2022 capsizing of the vessel while underway on the Hudson River that resulted in the death of two passengers, a seven-year-old boy and 48-year-old woman. Click the link above to view full news release.
Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flight operations between California, Texas
The Coast Guard conducted alien expulsion flights Thursday between California and Texas.
Jan. 30, 2025
Update 1: Coast Guard, multiple partner agencies, responding to plane crash in Potomac River
The Coast Guard continues to coordinate with local, state and federal agencies Thursday in response to the aircraft collision that occurred Wednesday evening over the Potomac River in Washington.
Coast Guard, multiple partner agencies, responding to plane crash in Potomac River
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard is coordinating with local, state, and federal agencies in response to the aircraft collision which occurred Wednesday evening over the Potomac River in Washington.
Jan. 29, 2025
Coast Guard repatriates 12 aliens to Cuba
MIAMI – Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo’s crew repatriated 12 aliens to Cuba, Wednesday, following two
Coast Guard interdicts 14 aliens near Point Loma
SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard interdicted a panga with 14 aliens aboard approximately 20 miles off the coast of Point Loma, Tuesday night.
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