SAN DIEGO — A Coast Guard boarding team interdicted eight suspected aliens three miles offshore San Diego, Wednesday.
At 8:27 a.m. the Joint Harbor Operations Center identified a suspicious vessel and diverted a boatcrew from Station San Diego to intercept.
The vessel complied with no use of force necessary.
Boarding team members identified eight suspected aliens aboard, all claiming Mexican nationality.
All eight aliens were transferred to U.S. Border Patrol personnel.
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