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Press Release | Sept. 2, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts 6 aliens 10 miles offshore Dana Point

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

LOS ANGELES — A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) boat crew attached to Coast Guard Station Los Angeles-Long Beach interdicted six aliens aboard a 22-foot pleasure craft approximately 10 miles offshore Dana Point, Saturday afternoon.

At approximately 4:30 p.m., while on patrol, Coast Guard Station Los Angeles–Long Beach discovered the illegal aliens aboard the pleasure craft and reported the event to the Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach Command Center.

One claimed Guatemalan nationality and five claimed Mexican nationality.

All six people were transported to Dana Point and transferred to another DHS agency.

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