Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircrew and a Dominican Republic navy patrol boat worked together to rescue the migrants.
The cutter’s team approached the shipment and distributed life jackets to all the migrants on board. When the makeshift boat took on water and became unstable, the coast guard team loaded seven migrants aboard their boat, while the other 53 were taken aboard through the Dominican Republic. The Republic’s military patrol boat.
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A “heavily overcrowded” makeshift boat carrying 60 migrants was spotted Monday night in waters northeast of the Dominican Republic. (U. S. Coast Guard)
The USCG transferred the seven migrants to the Dominican Navy ship.
The crew of a small boat belonging to the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier helped transfer 60 migrants from an overcrowded makeshift boat carrying water to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel. (U. S. Coast Guard)
“I’m incredibly proud of the rescue execution through our team last night,” said Lt. Matthew Carmine, Coast Guard Cmdr. Joseph Napier. “Their seamless interoperability with our counterparts at CBP and the Dominican Navy saved 60 lives. “
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Last month, the Coast Guard intercepted nine illegal migration voyages in the Mona Passage and in waters near Puerto Rico. In those cases, a total of 206 non-U. S. citizens were arrested, including 201 Dominicans and five Haitians.
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Over the previous year from October 2022 to September 2023, the Coast Guard stopped 67 unlawful voyages, interdicting 2,161 non-U.S. citizens, including 1,871 Dominicans, 264 Haitians, 15 Venezuelans, seven Kazakhs, two Colombians, one Albanian and one of unknown nationality.