SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard members interdict nine suspected aliens approximately 19 miles west of Black’s Beach, Saturday morning.
At 11:39 a.m., crew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward (WPC 1130) encountered a cuddy-cabin vessel transiting at a high rate of speed.
The cutter launched a boarding team to intercept the vessel and detained all individuals without the use of force.
All nine aliens claimed Mexican nationality and were transported by the Coast Guard to another Department of Homeland Security agency at Ballast Point.
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