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Press Release | June 10, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts 5 aliens off the coast of Point Loma, Calif.

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Southwest Public Affairs: (206) 815-6689

SAN DIEGO — A crew aboard a Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Los Angeles/Long Beach boat interdicted five aliens aboard a 20-foot pleasure craft, approximately 4 miles southwest, of Point Loma, Monday.

MSST LA/LB was able to interdict the vessel without any use of force and found five aliens aboard the vessel, all claiming Mexican nationality.

All aliens aboard were transferred to the custody of Imperial Beach Border Patrol at Ballast Point, Monday morning.

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