US Coast Guard 'tripled' personnel to prevent maritime human smuggling

US Coast Guard 'tripled' personnel to prevent maritime human smuggling

SAN DIEGO (Border Report) -- Members of the news media got a first-hand look at how U.S. Coast Guard personnel are stopping vessels suspected of transporting migrants. It took place during a simulation involving one boat chasing another on San Diego Bay. Inclement weather and low visibility kept the event from happening on the Pacific Ocean as planned. The officers involved tried to make the interdiction as realistic as possible as they tried to…

U.S. Coast Guard Seizes Around 45,600 Pounds Of Illegal Drugs Worth $517.5 Million

The drugs were seized in 14 interdictions and 35 people, suspected to be smugglers, were taken to the shore to be prosecuted in the U.S. courts.

The National Republican Guard (GNR), through the Coastal and Border Control Unit (UCCF), detected, on March 29, through the Bojador Coastal Patrol Speedboat (LPC), a speedboat with 24 migrants on board, during a patrol in the Mediterranean Sea, near Almería, in Spain. In a statement this Wednesday, the security force explains that, during an operation included in coastal patrolling, with the purpose of detecting illegal cross-border activities a…

U.S. Coast Guard Triples Forces Along Southwest Maritime Border, Seizes $785M in Drugs

The U.S. Coast Guard has significantly expanded its presence along the Southwest Maritime Border, tripling its operational forces since January 21 as part of an enhanced border security initiative that...