SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard interdicted 10 suspected aliens approximately 9 miles southwest of Point Loma, Monday.
At approximately 2:30 a.m., watch standers at Coast Guard Sector San Diego Joint Harbor Operations Center received notification of an unidentified vessel transiting towards U.S. waters and dispatched a patrolling Coast Guard cutter.
At approximately 4 a.m., a Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour (WPC 1129) boarding team intercepted a 15-foot panga with 10 aliens aboard. All 10 aliens claimed Mexican nationality.
The Coast Guard transported the vessel and all 10 aliens to another Department of Homeland Security agency at Ballast Point.
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