SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A boat carrying over a dozen migrants was intercepted by the Coast Guard Friday night.
The U.S. Coast Guard reports a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) patrol aircraft spotted a panga-style boat in the Pacific Ocean 22 miles west of Encinitas at 7:20 p.m. Friday.
The CBP aircraft tracked the boat until it crossed into the U.S. Contiguous Zone, then notified the Coast Guard Sector San Diego.
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U.S. Coast Guard intercepts boat with over a dozen migrants near Encinitas (Photo: Coast Guard Sector San Diego) -
U.S. Coast Guard intercepts boat with over a dozen migrants near Encinitas (Photo: Coast Guard Sector San Diego) -
U.S. Coast Guard intercepts boat with over a dozen migrants near Encinitas (Photo: Coast Guard Sector San Diego)
The crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Benjamin Bottoms and the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock were deployed and made contact with the boat, which was carrying 13 migrants, who all claimed Mexican nationality.
The migrants, 10 men and three women, were brought to Sector San Diego, then transferred to San Clemente Border Patrol personnel.
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