SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard crewmembers from Station San Diego interdicted six aliens, off the coast of San Diego one mile west of Sunset Cliffs, between Mission Bay and Point Loma, Thursday.
At 2:24 p.m., crewmembers aboard Station San Diego response boats intercepted a 16-foot boat carrying six aliens. Coast Guard Sector San Diego and Department of Homeland Security partners began tracking the vessel heading north from Mexico earlier at noon.
The aliens consisted of five adult males claiming Mexican nationality and one adult male claiming Salvadoran nationality.
All six aliens were taken into custody by the Coast Guard and transferred to Imperial Beach Border Patrol.