CBP, Coast Guard Detect Small Boat in Caribbean with 157 Illegal Migrants (enemy, illegally)

[JDubsMom]

San Juan, Puerto Rico – U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents and U.S. Coast Guard personnel discovered 157 Dominicans aboard a small overloaded boat Tuesday afternoon. Eleven of the migrants were turned over to CBP Border Patrol agents for attempting to enter illegally into the United States or a U.S. Territory on multiple occasions. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Puerto Rico accepted to prosecute their cases. The rest were returned to the Dominican Republic.

The crew of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection surveillance aircraft detected and tracked a 40-foot to 45-foot long “yola-”type vessel early Tuesday afternoon while patrolling the northwestern waters of Puerto Rico, approximately 23 nautical miles north of the coastal town of Quebradilla. Two Coast Guard cutters were deployed to the scene. Helicopters from CBP and USCG were dispatched to provide rescue support at the scene.

At around 3 p.m. the Coast Guard cutters and marine units from CBP and the Puerto Rico Police Department interdicted the migrant vessel which held 120 men and 37 women. After USCG conducted biometric checks on each migrant they rendezvoused with U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and brought them on board the cutter Tuesday night to conduct migrant interviews and background checks on their biographic information.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo turned over custody of the 41 detained Dominican migrants to Border Patrol agents, and then proceeded to the Dominican Republic to repatriate the remaining 146 migrants.

Juan Munoz-Torres
Air and Marine Operations
Phone: (202) 359-2641
Fax: (202) 344-1393

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/news_releases/10092008_4.xml

Apparently some idiots haven't gotten the memo that the party is over.

[Arizona Bound]

Should have put a big hole in the boat instead.. problem solved from
them trying again.

[tinman01]

Originally Posted by Arizona Bound

Should have put a big hole in the boat instead.. problem solved from
them trying again.

Now now that would be called murder on the high seas. But if they were drug smugglers that would be called justice on the high seas. LOL
And this calls for a tinman story.
The USS Hammer steaming some 300 miles off the coast of the banna republic detects a drug smugglers boat. The hammer is the latest in design a DDGX stealth warship. Its commander one Commander Tinman. Has a heavy duty rep for meeting out justice on the high seas.
Sir fast mover bearing 180 true range 12 miles.
Very well , helm come right to 155 intercept course make your speed 30 knots.
Aye aye sir
12 minutes later
Sir fast mover designated skunk Alpha is within gun range.
Now the DDGX has a 5 inch 54 rapid fire main battle gun...
Gunners find your mark.
Mark target lock.
Fire for effect
Hitting a target moving at 30 plus knots is not as easy as it looks in the movies that is unless you are using a phased array radar for targeting.
The ship vibrated from the rapid fire 1 minute and 30 rounds later the smuggler boat is nothing more than floating debris.
Sir should we search for survivors?
Negative LT. our job is finished. Bring us about and head for home.
Sir 3 contacts bearing 270 range 60,000 yards squawking mexican IFF...
Sir contacts are hailing requesting we come all stop and prepare to be boarded.
Bridge to CIC spool up the harpoons prepare to fire target the Mexican frigates.
Helm course 270 all ahead flank speed.
Sir the mexican Gov will no doubt file a protest.
LT the mexican gov is about to learn a valuable lesson. If they intend to fight the war on drugs they must first decide that its the drug cartels who are the enemy not defend them.
The second lesson would be that a DDGX can take on the entire mexican navy without difficulty.
Bridge CIC targets locked ready to fire.
CIC bridge destroy the targets.
Just another day in the new navy.
If only it could be this way