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Press Release | May 5, 2025

Coast Guard apprehends 4 aliens during an interdiction near San Diego

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Southwest Phone: 206-815-6689

SAN DIEGO — A boat crew from Coast Guard Station San Diego interdicted four aliens in the Quivira Basin near San Diego, May 2, 2025. 

At approximately 12:10 p.m., crew members from Station San Diego aboard a 45-foot response boat-medium intercepted a 15-foot center console style vessel carrying four aliens in the Quivira Basin near San Diego. 

The aliens aboard the 15-foot vessel consisted of four adult males all claiming Mexican nationality. 

All four aliens were taken into custody by the Coast Guard and transferred to U.S. Border Patrol personnel. 

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